I had dinner the other night with a friend of mine. He’s in his late 70’s and seemed to be of robust health. During dinner, however, he told me that he’d had some heart problems for years and he had had a PSA of 8 some years back. Though the PSA hadn’t risen over time, a biopsy discovered a few cells that were cancerous. In addition, he... Read more
Editor's Note: A new Mayo Clinic Cancer Center study indicates that prostatectomy does not need to be automatically excluded as an option for octogenarians.
The father of a friend of mine turned 88. Shortly afterwards, he had a massive heart attack, and went into the hospital for a bypass. During the tests that went along with that procedure,... Read more
Zack and Paul’s situations have changed, once again!
Paul, who, as you may recall from two of my earlier posts, kept refusing to do anything like a biopsy, went back yet again to get a PSA test. This was his third or fourth. His urologist had said that a PSA of 4 was normal, and that Paul’s PSA had been at 5.3, which was “bad,” and now it... Read more
I’ve been monitoring the message board for this site, and I’ve seen a number of communications about pain.While it’s very important to make sure the pain is not related to some serious organic issue – such as cancer or infection – and while most urologists and other physicians are good at finding such causes, what many physicians are... Read more
In an essay I wrote several weeks ago I discussed the drop-off in volunteers for clinical trials.This week, I want to talk more about the trials themselves than about the problem finding volunteers.But, first, let me clarify what is meant by the word “volunteer.” Simply put, it means patients with cancers who want to enroll in a clinical... Read more
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