PROSTABLOG: When can we expect a report from the NZ parliamentary inquiry into the early detection and treatment of prostate cancer, which was launched a little over a year ago? No word on that from the committee, but perhaps two of the most powerful “words” in the debate on screening were submitted to the committee [...]
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NZ Government: More than 40 men would suffer incontinence, impotence or bowel dysfunction for every life saved by prostate screening
Posted in Digital exams, PROSTATE CANCER, PSA tests, Screening debate, SELECT COMMITTEE INQUIRY, tagged American Urological Association annual conference, Australian Medical Journal, Biopsy, blood test, bowel dysfunction, cancer research, catheter, Health Select Committee, inquiry into prostate cancer screening, Mike Scott, Ministry of Health, national prostate cancer screening programmes, New Prostate Cancer Info-link, NZ Guidelines Group, population-based screening, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer screening, prostate-specific antigen, PSA, PSA test, PSA tests/digital rectal examinations, PSA/DRE, Robin Smart, Screening debate, sexual dysfunction, two large international screening trials, urinary dysfunction on June 13, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Digital exam men’s ‘worst fear’ about prostate screening
Posted in Digital exams, PROSTATE CANCER, Screening debate, tagged a guy's worst fear, digital diagnosis, INDY STAR:, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer treatments, Screening debate on July 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
JULY 11: INDY STAR: The blood test is no big deal, but the digital rectal exam is something many men simply refuse to do. It’s unpleasant, a cancer survivor agrees, but he persists: “Sure, that’s a guy’s worst fear. I didn’t like it, either. But I’m alive.”
PROSTATE SCREENING: Majority of US men over 40 have PSA and digital tests
Posted in Digital exams, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RESEARCH, PSA tests, tagged cancer research, digital diagnosis, digital examination, men over 40, prostablog, prostate, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer screening, prostate-specific antigen, PSA, PSA test, Screening debate, URO TODAY on June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
JUNE 17: URO TODAY: Although major organisations disagree about the efficacy of prostate cancer screening, the PSA test and digital rectal examination continue to be utilised regularly by a majority of American men over age 40.
PROSTATE SCREENING: NZ government announcement due soon
Posted in Diagnosis, Digital exams, Doctors' advice, Govt prostate policy, PROSTATE CANCER, PSA tests, Screening debate, SELECT COMMITTEE INQUIRY, tagged blood test, blood tests, digital examination, Ministry of Health officials, NZ Cancer Society, population-based screening, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate treatment debate, prostate-specific antigen, PSA, PSA test, randomised studies of prostate screening, Screening debate on June 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
JUNE 14: PROSTABLOG NZ: Ministry of Health officials and their medical advisers have been mulling over findings from the two large randomised studies of prostate screening in the US and Europe, and the ministry is due to make an announcement on the matter soon.
PROSTATE DETECTION: Future tests will embrace range of markers and data
Posted in Biomarkers, Diagnosis, Digital exams, FUTURE PROSPECTS, New tests, PROSTATE CANCER, Prostate prognosis, PROSTATE RESEARCH, PSA tests, Screening debate, tagged Biomarkers, blood tests, cancer research, complex assays systems, digital examination, New Prostate Cancer Info-link, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer detection, prostate cancer risk, prostate-specific antigen, PSA, PSA test, Screening debate, urine tests on May 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MAY 31: NEW PROSTATE CANCER INFO-LINK: The future of prostate cancer detection may lie in complex assays systems that can test for several markers at the same time and use the accumulated data to assess prostate cancer risk.
PROSTATE EXAMS: Doctor writes about wierd way he was taught to do digital exams
Posted in Checkups, Diagnosis, Digital exams, Enlarged prostate, PROSTATE CANCER, tagged digital diagnosis, digital examination, Enlarged prostate, medical checkups, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, TALES FROM SERENITY NOW HOSPITAL on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MAY 26: TALES FROM SERENITY NOW HOSPITAL: How some US doctors learn to perform digital examinations on patients – a bizarre tale.
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