(Editor’s note: Bert Vorstman, MD, has always had an outsider’s perspective. He was born to Dutch parents in Sumatra in the former Dutch East Indies. Think of Mel Gibson and the movie, “The Year of Living Dangerously.” At age four, his family left behind the unrest and moved to New Zealand. He only spoke Dutch and Malay when he started school in New Zealand.
I would desperately like to see urologists - as did these authors (see Anthony Horan MD and his book "The Rise and Fall of the Prostate Cancer Scam" and Richard Ablin and Ron Piana with their book, "The Great Prostate Hoax") get away from treatment philosophies based on unfounded biases and return to treatments based on irrefutable and reproducible data - let's drill down and see where the scientific evidence is supporting the merits of PSA-based testing and prostate cancer surgery. Unfortunately, we have plenty of evidence that there is no merit to these treatment philosophies. John Ioannidis MD has already warned us - "that most published research findings are false". We have to do a lot better as physicians, get away from junk science and doublespeak.
it is always helpful to take a step back and re-evaluate dogma. I think DR Vorstman does challenge the "norms" and causes one to pause. I may not agree with all of his comments but healthy debate should never be shied away from
If RP is terrible (which I agree with), and AS is lame, then what options are we left with? (besides radiation treatments)
I agree to a healthy debate anytime, any place.
I would desperately like to see urologists - as did these authors (see Anthony Horan MD and his book "The Rise and Fall of the Prostate Cancer Scam" and Richard Ablin and Ron Piana with their book, "The Great Prostate Hoax") get away from treatment philosophies based on unfounded biases and return to treatments based on irrefutable and reproducible data - let's drill down and see where the scientific evidence is supporting the merits of PSA-based testing and prostate cancer surgery. Unfortunately, we have plenty of evidence that there is no merit to these treatment philosophies. John Ioannidis MD has already warned us - "that most published research findings are false". We have to do a lot better as physicians, get away from junk science and doublespeak.
it is always helpful to take a step back and re-evaluate dogma. I think DR Vorstman does challenge the "norms" and causes one to pause. I may not agree with all of his comments but healthy debate should never be shied away from