Generally speaking, the higher your Gleason score, the more aggressive the cancer. That means it’s more likely to grow and spread to other parts of your body. Doctors use this information, along with the stage of the cancer, to choose the best treatment for you. Staging Prostate Cancer Wh...
which includes rectal examination and a blood test for prostate specific antigen (PSA). Screening for rectal and colon cancer should be done with a rectal examination annually after age 40, with stool examination annually after age 50, and with sigmoidoscopy every 3 to...
having a father or brother with prostate cancer doubles the risk for prostate cancer; however, African American males have the highest risk for prostate cancer. Research suggests that the majority of men at age 70 have some form of prostatic cancer with most of them...
International radiological bodies have agreed on a standard for how doctors evaluate MRI to confirm a diagnosis of prostate cancer. This promises to reduce the number of over diagnosis of insignificant cancers by to up to 89%. The new procedure also allows radiologists to identify up to 13% mor...
With his local doctors, Michael started a course of monitoring, with tests every 3 months. Before his surgery, Michael had gotten the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, but this had not shown signs of cancer. It was only after the surgery that tests showed his PSA levels rising, which...
For a long time, doctors actually recommended prostate massage to patients because it could help to treat a wide range of conditions that we’ll talk about below.Aneros actually started as a medical equipment company, creating prostate massagers in the 1990s which were designed for medical ...
Testing healthy men with no symptoms for prostate cancer is controversial. However, many doctors do recommend asymptomatic men over the age of 50 years old, especially those with other risk factors, to get screened for prostate cancer routinely because there are often no symptoms in the early sta...
Patients’ symptoms and signs of delirium were observed and recorded every day by attending doctors until they are discharged. A final diagnosis for POD on each patient was generated after consulting with neurologists at the time of clinical assessment. Delirium duration was extracted from the ...
Testing thyroid hormone levels is the first step in diagnosing a thyroid disorder and determining the appropriate course of treatment. However, I’ve found that many doctors don’t test for Hashimoto’s, despite having their patients present with symptoms of thyroid disease. ...
"I tell them that doctors don't always tell them [about the trials]. The unwritten secret is doctors lose your business if you go somewhere else. They will give you their honest opinion, though, if you ask." People interested in participating in clinical trials can certainly consult ...