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When PSA is done without consent--one patient's view
Part II Gary & Me on consent and PSAs plus some shoptalk
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This just in: Dr. Epstein, Hopkins second opinion and pathology guru, on an indefinite leave
Plus an interview with Dr. Epstein
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PSA: Don't ask, just test? Are you OK with that?
Part I: The role of consent
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Uro-Skeptic Vorstman Sounds Off: 'PSA Testing, Active Surveillance and More Damned Lies'
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Breaking news--UK study reaffirms Active Management, surgery and radiation have similar survival rates
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Eat to beat your prostate cancer with TED talker Dr. WIlliam Li
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This just in: Can a new MRI technique reduce biopsies by 90%?
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IsoPSA cuts biopsy rate in half for newbies
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Tale of two cancers: His prostate and their breasts
Couple shares same medical oncologist
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The Active Surveillor makes Substack's 'Bestseller' list
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Are some docs and older patients too gung-go in screening for prostate cancer? Or are they not gung-ho enough?
By Howard Wolinsky The uptake of prostate cancer screening might be expected to tail off in men 70 to 85 based on U.S. Preventative Services Task Force…
High PSA, low Gleason score: Therapist talks about Active Surveillance,and how he handles emotional distress
(Editor’s note: Anxiety is not an uncommon problem in patients with low-risk prostate cancer. A recent study showed that over half of us on Active…
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Perfect Chinese vegan lunch--followed by a perfect (unrelated) urgent care visit
(Imperial Chinese guardian lion in New Chinatown, Chicago. Photos by Howard Wolinsky.) One naturopathic functional medicine doctor, one urologic…
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Younger uros and academics favor AS
Some MD views on renaming Gleason 6 as a noncancer.
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Tick-tock on Q&A on AS with uropathology guru, Dr. Jonathan Epstein--Still time to attend on Saturday
Be there, or be square.
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