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English Alf
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Posted 12/18/2009 11:36 AM (GMT 0)
Male urologists have prostae glands, so statistically one in six urologists must end up getting PCa.
So what treatments do they choose?
How do they weigh up the options when it's their own body that will receive the treament and their own lives that will suffer the side-effects?
Alfred
Steve n Dallas
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Posted 12/18/2009 11:38 AM (GMT 0)
Oh my hear hurts just thinking about
this one
I have a feeling - just like the rest of us - they weigh all of their options.
Purgatory
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Posted 12/18/2009 3:02 PM (GMT 0)
At my GP practice longterm: the head doctor - had PC - had robotic - reason: couldnt afford to be down as long with
open
my own GP at same practice: if he had pc - robotic - bout out of area - reason: couldnt afford to be down as long as
open
My own uro/surgeon: robotic surgery - only because of less down time, as he has such a busy practice
Radiation oncologist: doesnt count, she doesnt have the required parts down below, or at least I hope she doesnt
David in SC
zufus
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Posted 12/19/2009 12:14 AM (GMT 0)
Example: Dr. Fred Lee (founder of Cryo therapy) and expert in color doppler sonography, went chemically and has done well for like 10 yrs. now approx., used drug emcyt and I don't know if he is only intermittent now or not. My onco-doc knows him fairly well.
There are other stories about
docs doing things differently than what they might prescribe or choose less invasive ways, another guy a Dr. wrote a book about
he supposedly beat PCa with herbal, diet and additives type of thing. Who knows how real that whole deal is, but it might have some relevance.
Just think how wonderful a doc feels after he makes his educated or trusted guess on his PCa and finds out it failed??? Probably the same or more than us laypersons whom have less clues and no inside connections to the brotherhood medical world.
T40
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Posted 12/19/2009 5:27 AM (GMT 0)
My original Uro had a Robotic. He specializes in
open. He told me to go robotic because it was a better fit for my age and health.
zachattack
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Posted 12/19/2009 6:39 AM (GMT 0)
I saw a video on the net two days ago and that surgeon had robotic and said he was doing well.
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