Not all prostate cancers are equal. In fact, most prostate cancers do not behave like cancer and do not need treatment. Non-lethal and Potentially Lethal Prostate cancers Basically, there are two types of prostate cancer. non lethal the very common Gleason 6 (3+3) prostate “cancer” is not a cancer, it does not spread, is not […]
Archives for 2011
More Prostate Cancer Awareness: Treatment Awareness
Increasingly, many surgical disciplines have come to grips with the significant complications associated with radical cancer surgery and have modified their approach to cancer excision. For example, surgery for breast cancer has moved away from a radical approach and adopted the lumpectomy or local excision instead of removing the whole organ. This modified approach preserves […]
Prostate Cancer Awareness
Although September is officially designated as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month (blue month), every month should be recognized for prostate cancer awareness. Be aware that prostate cancer is for the most part without symptoms and a silent disease. Be aware that prostate cancer deaths are the second leading cause of male cancer deaths after lung cancer. […]
Localized Prostate Cancer Treatment Options & Issues
The accompanying table features the four definitive treatment options for localized prostate cancer. All four basic treatment options, high intensity focused ultrasound (hifu), cryoablation (freezing), radiation (includes brachytherapy and proton beam) and surgery/robotics have similar survival benefits. Also included with the table are several important footnotes, one of which highlights the very misleading subject of […]
ROBOTIC PROSTATE CANCER SURGERY: A PUBLIC HEALTH NIGHTMARE
Prostate cancer awareness, PSA screening for prostate cancer and the ill-conceived, debilitating radical surgery/robotic prostatectomy “treatment” are generally worthless and harmful, and represent an unbridled scam in public health. For many years, it has been quite clear that most so-called prostate “cancers” behave as noncancerous and are, in fact, more like a pseudo-disease. […]