Does Prostate Cancer Need Treatment?
The majority of prostate cancers are low or favorable-risk Gleason 3+3 cancers. > 75% of all prostate cancers fall into this category, > these prostate cancers are particularly slow growing, and...
View ArticleBAD SURGERY
Books have been written about bad medicine, bad pharma and also, bad surgery. > bad surgery is surgery which is unneeded, > bad surgery is one where there is clear overtreatment, > bad surgery...
View ArticleFocal Treatment of Early Prostate Cancer
Background Total or whole prostate gland treatment for a localised prostate cancer (particularly after the radical surgery/robotic prostatectomy) is associated with: > significant complications >...
View ArticleWHICH PROSTATE CANCERS REALLY NEED TREATMENT?
> some 75% of all prostate cancers diagnosed are classed as favorable-risk Gleason 6 (3+3 and/or a small amount of grade 4 in a 3+4) > GENERALLY, MOST of these favorable-risk Gleason 6 (3+3)...
View ArticleMade Sick from Prostate Cancer Awareness and Screening
Worthwhile screening programs accomplish several fundamental goals * identify significant numbers of relevant occult cancers * save significant numbers of lives when treated * treatment can be...
View Article10 SHOCKING FALLACIES and THE PROSTATE CANCER SURGERY SCAM
FUNDAMENTALLY, THERE ARE 2 TYPES OF PROSTATE CANCER * the LESS COMMON high-risk prostate cancer which DEMANDS TREATMENT and receives all of the prostate cancer PUBLICITY and concerns about...
View ArticleWHEN “CANCERS” BEHAVE NONCANCEROUS
> the word “CANCER” can be VERY UNSETTLING BUT the word “CANCER” CAN HAVE SEVERAL MEANINGS FROM NONCANCER BEHAVING TO SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS > MOST PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE THAT MANY...
View ArticleDIRTY DOCTOR HANDS
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) reported recently that an estimated 50% of physicians wash their hands BUT RARELY during patient interaction and that this gross lack of traditional handwashing and...
View ArticleCauses and Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
Bert Vorstman MD, MS, FAAP, FRACS, FACS www.urologyweb.com Benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH as it is more commonly known, is a condition that causes an enlargement of the prostate gland. While...
View ArticleCauses and Treatment of Male Impotence
Bert Vorstman MD, MS, FAAP, FRACS, FACS www.urologyweb.com When a man suffers from impotence, or erectile dysfunction, his connection with his partner is interrupted. For many, this has a significant...
View ArticleCauses and Treatment of Peyronie’s Disease
While rare, for the 1% of men it affects, usually between 40-60 years of age, Peyronie’s disease is often uncomfortable and a potentially embarrassing condition. This relatively rare disease is an...
View ArticleCauses and Treatment of Hemospermia
Blood in the semen is a condition known as hemospermia, and while it is unsettling, it is rarely, if ever, serious. Causes of Hemospermia Blood in the semen is relatively common but virtually never...
View ArticleMultiple Procedures Show Promise to Treat Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Urinary...
For women dealing with stress urinary incontinence due to pelvic organ prolapse, research from Taiwan points to a new treatment. Combining a midurethral sling with a trocar-guided transvaginal mesh...
View ArticleNon-Surgical Treatments for Pelvic Floor Issues Show Promise
Women suffering from pelvic floor dysfunction often suffer in silence, either because they are embarrassed by their symptoms or because they have sought help in the past and come up empty. New research...
View ArticlePatients Report Being Unaware of Over-diagnosis/Over-treatment Risk from...
Bert Vorstman MD, MS, FAAP, FRACS, FACS www.urologyweb.com Overdiagnosis and overtreatment of prostate cancer is a very real risk, yet very few men are actually told of the potential for this risk....
View ArticleNew Recommendations for Lipid Profiles in Kidney Disease Patients
Bert Vorstman MD, MS, FAAP, FRACS, FACS www.urologyweb.com A new recommendation for patients with chronic kidney disease asks physicians to perform a full lipid profile at first presentation of the...
View ArticleTestosterone Supplementation May Be a Risky Choice
Bert Vorstman MD, MS, FAAP, FRACS, FACS www.urologyweb.com When men start to struggle with a loss of libido, testosterone may be the culprit. Low testosterone levels can cause a range of symptoms, but...
View ArticleShedding New Light on Bladder Cancer
Bert Vorstman MD, MS, FAAP, FRACS, FACS www.urologyweb.com For patients with localized high-risk bladder cancer, ta new blue light technology is available. Using the new blue light technology, doctors...
View ArticleWaiting Before Starting Hormone Therapy May Be Best Option for Prostate...
Do men who are showing signs of a prostate cancer relapse need to start hormone therapy immediately? New research from the American Society of Clinical Oncology says no. Dr. Clifford A. Hudis,...
View ArticleHIFU for Prostate Cancer Treatment Shows Promise in Preserving Erectile Function
For men who have prostate cancer, the treatments often carry side effects that are worse than the disease itself. Erectile dysfunction is one of these. This problem was the subject of a study performed...
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