Tag: Prostate Cancer
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Telling someone they have prostate cancer
One of the most difficult things that a urologist has to do is to tell his patient that he has cancer. I recently had a somewhat heated debate with my partner in robotic surgery. Prostate cancer is the leading solid organ cancer in men and is diagnosed by a biopsy in the office. The reasons…
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Smokers have increased risk of bladder cancer after radiation therapy for prostate cancer
A presentation at the AUA Western section meeting was reviewed in the Urology Times November 2005 issue: UT article: Smokers face higher risk of TCC after radiation Patients that have a history of smoking are 13 more likely to get bladder cancer (transitional cell cancer) after radiation as compared to patients who get radiation and…