Blood in the stool: People often mistake it for diarrhea or simply, the result of a little injury due to constipation. Sensing a lump: If you sense a lump in your abdomen or lower back you must not ignore it. Never ignore any sudden and abnormal growth in your body. Weight loss: Th...
But this is often less than a complete discussion. “Urologists and radiation oncologists think, ‘The primary care doc is sending them to me, so they must have had that discussion already,’” Walter noted. If a primary care doctor makes a referral, she said, “they need to be very ...
Pretreatment prostate-specific antigen (PSA) has been shown to be a powerful predictor of expected outcome after radiation for prostate cancer. Additional measures such as recursive partitioning analysis and PSA Cancer Volume calculations are further refining this useful tool to provide the greatest ...
The challenges of cognitive overload, care plan orchestration, and system fragmentation are evident in the current healthcare landscape, where patients often face fragmented journeys and delays. Let’s take a look at a routine oncologist visit. After a PSA test, results are en...
While most men will face some issues in the bedroom afterprostate cancer treatment, these problems are often temporary or treatable. You might feel frustrated at first, but be patient. With time and the right treatments, you can likely have a fulfilling sex life a...
The idea of hormesis [the theory that low doses of radiation can be beneficial to your health] is not quackery. Nor is LNT [the linear no-threshold model of radiation risk]. I will elaborate. The theory behind LNT isn’t just ‘we have to assume something’, nor ‘everything is linea...
Decide how often you’ll need future prostate screenings Prostate Cancer Screening Before a Biopsy The PSA blood test is used toscreen for prostate cancer. High levels (between 4.0 to 10.0 ng/mL) of prostate-specific antigen, a substance made by the prostate, in the blood is a strong indic...
In addition, when a collection of fluid or blood exists around the testicle, it may be difficult to feel a mass or lump. Ultrasound can overcome this barrier and give an accurate image of the testicle. Blood tests Blood tests for serum markers are often elevated in testicular cancer. ...
“find ourselves” as adults, then get back together. We still texted often and he echoed my sentiments that we’d get back together eventually. I ate it up, in all of it’s “The Notebook-esque” glory (I guess living in Michigan next to a power plant is kind of like being ...
with one second being 1/86,400 of the average solar day.Now that we know more about how the Earth rotates—and that the speed at which it rotates is slowing down—we now use a more accurate method. We base a second off ofthe radiation cycles of a caesium-133 atom, often called an...