As you start this path of the treatment of prostate cancer there is some information that you will need to make an intelligent decision. You might call the information here as "background" information. It is best to understand this information from the beginning.
Information is the name of the game and you must gather all of the information from every doctor you see. In the US you have a right to almost every medical record that is produced about you - get them. In some areas the doctors have a right to charge for the time and materials - but it is not a profit item. They rarely charge.
The writing in this section are all the opinions of Don Cooley (unless otherwise indicated) and are for your information to help you find better solutions working with your medical professionals. This is not a substitution for their advice.
You can see a listing of Titles in this Topic listed in blue below and at the top of the page.
Don't Panic Just Gather Information
Importance of Medical History
The Diagnosis-Little Difference
Thoughts to Keep In MInd
Standard Treatment?
Buyer Beware - BIG TIME
Who Do I Bellieve
PHID Info Archives
Of course as you will see on every page with sub-pages the sub-page Titles will be listed at the top of the page in blue and not necessarily in the information itself as we have done on this page.
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Information You Should Read
Stanford Univ. video on PCa
The Prostate - What, Where
The Prostate Biopsy
How To Tell a "Physician Artist"
The Doctors Appointment
Insignificant Cancer
Vocabulary, Glossary, etc.
Tables, Tests, Markers etc.
Gleason Info and Partin Tables
PSA - What it is and means
Locally Advanced Cancer
BPH
Prostatitis
Other Diagnostic Tools
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