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MRI is magnetic resonance imaging using a magnetic field and radio waves. Currently, the latest 3T MRI studies include diffusion-weighted imaging and dynamic contrast enhancement ie multi-parametric MRI (mp-MRI), to produce detailed images. These studies are undertaken in the supine position without and with intravenous gadolinium contrast. mp-MRI studied regions of the prostate not detecting […]

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. Basically there are […]

Focal therapy of prostate cancer is possible using LASER, CRYOABLATION or HIFU. Currently, only focal cryoablation is reimbursed by insurance companies. Focal laser and HIFU may be reimbursable in some cases. In contrast to the debilitating complications associated with radical whole gland treatment by either radical surgery/robotic prostatectomy or radiation, focal therapy enabled through MRI […]

Prostate cancer biomarkers are either tissue, blood or urinary indicators which, when tested for and then factored against the microscopic diagnosis, may offer additional information as to the possible future behavior of that particular prostate cancer. For each prostate cancer diagnosis the microscopic appearances can be affected by subjective interpretation issues from the pathologist resulting […]

Radical Prostatectomy Releases Showers of Cancer Cells During the robotic radical prostatectomy treatment, showers of cancer cells are released from the affected prostate gland into the bloodstream. Studies using PSA reverse transcriptase-­polymerase chain reaction assays and other staining techniques have documented clearly the increased dispersal of cancer cells throughout the body from surgical manipulation. In […]