PROSTATE CANCER WITH A NORMAL PSA Some 15-20 per cent of men with a normal total PSA (tPSA) of 4 ng/ml or less can have clinically significant prostate cancer. These men have no symptoms and usually no findings on examination. The only way these men can be identified is by calculating their per cent free […]
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PSAs and Prostate Cancer How to Beat the “Healthcare” System and Save Money
DECISION MAKING STEPS on whether to submit for a prostate cancer screening PSA blood test and for any possible evaluation for prostate cancer and its treatment can be extraordinarily difficult. Not only is this true for individual men but for all physicians, simply because of the overwhelming amount of bias, misinformation, misrepresentation and the pervasive […]
Index Lesion & Tumor Volume in Multifocal Prostate Cancer
When prostates removed surgically for prostate cancer are examined, 50-75% of these specimens contain more than one area or focus of cancer and called multifocal prostate cancer. In other words, only about 25% of men may have a unifocal prostate cancer lesion that may be suitable for focal therapy. In these prostates with multifocal cancer, […]
What You Should Know About Prostate Cancer
Did you know that prostate cancer is the second leading cause of male cancer deaths after lung cancer? Most men have few if any symptoms of prostate cancer. How will you learn about your situation. Will it be too late? One of the biggest misconceptions about needle biopsies is that they spread the cancer. This […]
Blood Pressure (BP) is a measure of heart pumping pressure.
What is blood pressure? Blood pressure is the pressure of the blood circulating in your arteries. It is produced mostly by the contracting heart. The top measurement is the systolic pressure when the heart is at maximum contraction. The diastolic reading is the bottom number and is the pressure when the heart muscle is relaxed […]