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Obtaining Medical Records 8 Replies
Why is it so ridiculously difficult for most of us patients to get copies of our own medical records? After all, banks have no problem giving customers financial records; police bureaus have no pr...
Started by PaulC. Last reply by Mike 3 hours ago.
Iatrogenic positive margins 2 Replies
How are Iatrogenic positive margins defined? Is there anything that can be done presurgery to minimize them? Is the skill of the surgeon a factor? Is this something that is notated on the pathology...
Started by Kathy Meade. Last reply by Mike 13 hours ago.
High-Volume Gleason 6 19 Replies
The 60-year old Afro-Caribbean man presenting with atypia, as presented in the Biopsy and Other Tests group, had a repeat biopsy that showed numerous cores of Gleason 6 carcinoma. The prebiopsy PSA...
Started by Arnon Krongrad, MD. Last reply by Arnon Krongrad, MD Jun 29.
30% progression after treatment? 8 Replies
This percentage become a part of many discussions about prostate cancer. Is this an accurate percentage? Can we identify who these men will be? Are these mostly Gleason 7, 8 or 9 patients? If we co...
Started by Kathy Meade. Last reply by Mike Jun 25.
New Diagnosis of Gleason 7 10 Replies
A 67-year old patient with a history of depression and reflux has a PSA of 10 ng/ml and is diagnosed with cT1c (nonpalpable) M0 (no evidence of metastatis) Gleason 4+3=7 prostate cancer. He is 5'10...
Started by Arnon Krongrad, MD. Last reply by PaulC Jun 15.
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Comment by Steve J on May 23, 2008 at 8:07pm -
A few days ago, Hamilton Jordan (who wanted his name pronounced "jerdan") died of mesothelioma. It was one of three cancers with which he had had to cope.
He was a politician, but nevertheless a brother. His three cancers were mesothelioma, lymphoma, and prostate.
He developed a very wise viewpoint on cancer, something which far too many of our brothers fail to understand.
If I had to choose the single most important quote it would be this: "Be an active partner in the medical decisions that are made about your life!"
Here, errors and all, is a transcript of an interview on WebMd:
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/1/1700_50500
Regards,
Steve J
"No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee."
-- John Donne
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Comment by Oktay on May 6, 2008 at 2:46pm - hi
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Comment by Mike on April 16, 2008 at 11:36am - An article by Tindall and Rittmaster in the April issue of the Journal of Urology specifically adddesses the theoretical basis for the use of 5-alpha reductase inhibitors (like finasteride) in the prevention and treatmnet of prostate cancer.
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