New research suggests that the type of specialist a prostate cancer patient sees -- rather than the patient's own preference -- may determine the treatment he receives.
This is problematic, the study's authors say, because none of the options now available for treating localized prostate cancer have been shown to be any better than the others.
"The different treatments for prostate cancer entail different side effects, different recovery profiles, and they require different time commitments," Dr. Thomas L. Jang of The Cancer Institute of New Jersey in New Brunswick, one of the study's authors, told Reuters Health. For this reason, he and his colleagues say, it should be the patient's preferences -- rather than the physician's specialty -- that guides treatment decisions.
This was so true in my own case. The urologist that I saw only told me about the two treatments that he performs. I found out the truth through my own research and so glad I chose Proton Beam Therapy. Yes. I fired him!!
Have a good Thursday.
Blessings,
Rick
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It was crazy! Today it was less windy but pretty darn cold. There's this enzyme type product that they sell for ponds that I've thrown into my fountain to clear things up. Works pretty well.
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But how is the patient going to determine which is going to be the best treatment to the cure?I am sure Doctors guidance is imperative here.
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