15Feb, 2013
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Prostate Cancer Treatments with Similar Impotence Rates

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Surgery, RT For Prostate Cancer May Lead To Similar Impotence Rates. Bloomberg News (1/31, Langreth) reports, “Only 10 percent of men treated for early prostate cancer could sustain an erection sufficient for sex 15 years later, according to a study that found impotence rates were the same whether treatment was surgery or radiation.” For the study, published online in the New England Journal of Medicine, investigators “repeatedly surveyed 1,655 men diagnosed with localized disease and given surgery or external beam radiation.” The AP (1/31) reports, “After 15 years, 18 percent […]
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15Feb, 2013
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PSA Testing or Not??

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PSA TESTING OR NOT? The US Preventive Services Task Force has come out clearly recommending against PSA-based screening for prostate cancer. The USPSTF concluded that, after many years of PSA testing, the mortality related to prostate cancer had not decreased significantly and many men have been exposed to diagnostic and therapeutic treatments which were unnecessary in many cases and harmful in many cases. This final recommendation has recently been published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, May 25, 2012. Many physicians, groups such as the American Urological Association and patient […]
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