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New study confirms need for 'active surveillance' of prostate cancer
New study confirms need for 'active surveillance' of prostate cancer
As a physician and surgeon who has researched and treated men with prostate cancer for more than 20 years, I read with great interest a new study published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine, which set out to answer the question of what happens to men after a PSA test finds prostate cancer.The British study, which tracked patients for a decade, showed that approximately 99 per cent of the men with cancer survived regardless of their course of treatment, which included one of three options: radiation, radical prostatectomy (removal of the prostate gland) or active monitoring, which involved redoing PSA tests to monitor for changes.At first blush, this information may indicate that the least-invasive route – active monitoring – is the best choice for men who are newly diagnosed, but I firmly believe that this interpretation is potentially dangerous.First, a diagnosis of prostate cancer should not be taken lightly; this disease is a major killer.
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New prostate cancer tests aim to reduce the death rate
New prostate cancer tests aim to reduce the death rate
While the name evokes consternation for good reason, deciding whether to treat or not treat prostate cancer can be maddening.Sometimes the risk of undergoing surgery to remove a prostate, or radiation to fight the cancer, can be greater than the risk of actually dying from prostate cancer itself — especially if it's not an aggressive form of prostate cancer.Statistics tell the story.Some 60,000 men with low-risk cancers will undergo surgery or radiation, according to medical experts.
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How leaflet on prostate cancer in black men saved me... and 43 others
How leaflet on prostate cancer in black men saved me... and 43 others
Black men are twice as likely to develop prostate cancer as those from any other ethnicity.And when mechanic Errol McKellar, 59, was diagnosed with the disease, he knew he had to do his bit to raise awareness of the danger.Here he tells his story:"My wife had suffered enough.Fed up with my snoring, she sent me to the doctors - and while in the waiting room I picked up one of those random leaflets lying on the table.
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