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Prostate Cancer Testing Getting Better

If have been reading our blog, you know that my partner, like many medical professionals, does not believe prostate cancer testing is worthwhile.  That’s because most prostate tumors grow so slowly that a person is most likely to die from other causes after a prostate cancer diagnosis … Read More

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Prostate Cancer – The Latest

A recent study out of Europe found that, over an 11 year period, men who were screened regularly for prostate cancer using the PSA test were less likely to die of prostate cancer than those who were not.  Here is a link to … Read More

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Prostate Cancer – Not So Good News

Many men must face treatment decisions after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.  These decisions are important and difficult in the best of circumstances.   As in the case of all treatment decisions, there should be a risk/benefit analysis performed.  Here are … Read More

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