UroToday -- A study published in the December issue of "Cancer," suggests that prostate cancer patients and their spouses benefit from family intervention counseling. Interestingly, spouses benefited more. A total of 263 couples participated. The average patient age was 63 years and average spouse age was 59 years. The enrollment consisted of 65% in the newly diagnosed [...]
Stephen Jay Gould, the well-known scientist who suffered from a rare form of cancer wrote this: I asked Sir Peter Medawar, my personal scientific guru and a Nobelist in immunology, what the best prescription for success against cancer might be. 'A sanguine personality,' he replied. Will save ya a trip to the dictionary. This is [...]
Ask any pundit and he'll tell you that Rudolph W. Giuliani did poorly in Florida because he opted out of the first four contests, banking on a strong showing in the Sunshine state to propel him to victory. Well, it seems that Rudy rolled the dice and lost. And the momentum passed to John McCain. But the real reason for Giuliani's loss is that prostate [...]
Erin Bunn of North Carolina, whose husband, Gene, 51, had robotic surgery a month ago, sent me this story. Erin read that I was very interested in discussing doctor-patient relationships. Which I am. But I have to say it took everything I had to keep from fainting when I read this. Ditto for Ted. So imagine how [...]
I am asked by men and women why Gleason scores sometime change from the biopsy after surgery. Below is an explanation from Paul Carpenter that put it in easy to understand terms. He said he would be happy if others used his analogy. This is what he said: Hi Sue, Here's an analogy to explain [...]