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Rising PSA after Surgery

A 62-year-old patient had surgery to remove his cancerous prostate gland about 6 years ago. Two years after surgery his PSA started to rise and now his PSA is 4.6 ng/ml.   I hate to say it but, it is clear that this patient has failed surgery and has "biochemical failure." In other words, his prostate was removed but there is something in... Read moreChevron
posted 12/17/2007, comments (2)|
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The Results Are In: Do Robotic Prostatectomies Work?

In the October 2007 edition of the journal Cancer, the first article reviewing five years of data on robotic prostatectomies was published. This is a landmark paper in the field of robotic surgery and prostate cancer. Dr. Mani Menon, a urologist at Henry Ford Hospital, senior authored this paper reviewing his experience of 2,766 men who underwent... Read moreChevron
posted 12/10/2007, comments (0)|
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Enlarged Prostate Treatment: Green Light PVP

Technological advances such as the laser have redefined the surgical treatment of enlarged prostate. Laser is actually an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Light that is emited is converted to heat energy that has various effects on the tissue that the light is directed at.   The Green Light PVP ... Read moreChevron
posted 11/05/2007, comments (5)|
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ProstateCommons.com

What good it a web site that purports to provide unbiased information on prostate cancer and the treatment thereof, when it avoids mentioning radical robotic lapraroscopic prostatectomy (da Vinci procedure)  as a surgical option of treatment?????
posted 10/09/2007, comment (1)|
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Treatment Talk

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 moreChevron
posted 10/25/2006, comments (0)|
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