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A Helpful Prostate Cancer Finding

In past posts, I have discussed the overtreatment of low grade prostate cancers and the risks such treatment creates for patients.  There is great societal pressure to treat any cancer, even a low grade prostate cancer which is unlikely to … Read More

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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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