Monday, June 04, 2012

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healthgal

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IMPACT Your Prostate Cancer

Moderate to advanced prostate cancer will nearly always require surgery as part of the treatment plan.  Though nerve sparing surgery is the goal, more often than not, erectile dysfunction will still be a temporary, if not permanent outcome, of most surgical interventions.  So the key is to diagnose prostate cancer early, especially when... Read moreChevron
posted 01/05/2009, comments (0)|
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News on Testicular Cancer and Risk for Prostate Cancer

Two news bulletins that hit the health news scene:   (1) Chemotherapy may be a new and viable treatment option for Testicular Seminoma - The testes are the male gonads and they are located within the scrotum.  They typically descend by the age of one and if they don't, that can be one risk factor for testicular cancer. ... Read moreChevron
posted 11/11/2008, comments (0)|
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The Latest on Prostate Cancer, Selenium and Vitamin E

A substantial study has been terminated that involved testing the use of high doses of selenium, vitamin E and a placebo to see if it helped to reduce the risk of prostate cancer. Apparently, selenium can actually increase the risk (high doses were used), and vitamin E can increase the risk of diabetes in these patients. Less worrisome... Read moreChevron
posted 10/27/2008, comments (0)|
Dr. Justin Harmon

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Erectile Dysfunction and Prostate Cancer Treatment

An interest of mine as a robotic surgeon treating prostate cancer is performing nerve sparing prostatectomy (removal of the prostate while preserving the nerves responsible for erectile function). This is perhaps the most difficult portion of the procedure. As described before, this is due to the fact that these nerves are not visible with the... Read moreChevron
posted 10/06/2008, comments (0)|
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New Online Tool for Prostate Cancer Patients AND Their Doctors

We here at  Health Central try to offer you up-to-date health news you can use.  Well we recently heard about a new online tool created by doctors - the CaP calculator, which provides cancer specialists access to the latest prostate cancer research.  This helps them to create individualized patient care diagnostic/treatment... Read moreChevron
posted 10/01/2008, comments (0)|