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Article on Prostate Cancer from Wikipedia. Hope this helps, Mick -

- Abilene, TX http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostate_cancer

Contents:

1 Prostate

2 Symptoms

3 Pathophysiology

4 Etiology

5 Prevention

5.1 Vitamins and medication

5.2 Ejaculation frequency

5.3 More fish oil, less vegetable oil

5.4 Myristic and palmitic saturated fatty acids

6 Screening

6.1 Digital rectal examination

6.2 Prostate specific antigen

7 Diagnosis

7.1 Biopsy

7.1.1 Gleason score

7.1.2 Tumor markers

7.2 New tests being investigated

7.2.1 PCA3

7.2.2 Early prostate cancer

7.3 Prostasomes

7.3.1 Prostate mapping

8 Staging

9 Risk assessment

10 Treatment

10.1 Active Surveillance

10.2 Natural Therapy

10.3 Surgery

10.4 Radiation therapy

10.5 Cryosurgery

10.6 Hormonal therapy

10.7 Palliative care

10.8 High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU)

11 Prognosis

12 Progression

13 Epidemiology

14 History

15 See also

16 References

17 External links

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Thank you for your input. Mick -- Abilene, TX

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>

> > Article on Prostate Cancer from Wikipedia. Hope this helps,

Mick -

>

> I recommend utmost caution with regard to items posted on

Wikipedia.

>

> Anyone can post anything, and there is no vetting for accuracy.

>

> If one wishes to learn about PCa, I recommend

>

> (1) The objective, encyclopedic and reliable information available

on

> the website of the Prostate Cancer Research Institute (PCRI) at:

>

> http://prostate-cancer.org/index.html

>

> and

>

> (2) _A Primer on Prostate Cancer_ 2nd ed., subtitled " The Empowered

> Patient's Guide " by medical oncologist and PCa specialist

B.

> Strum, MD and PCa warrior Donna Pogliano. It is available from the

PCRI

> website and the like, as well as Amazon (30+ five-star reviews),

> & Noble, and bookstores. A lifesaver, as I very well know.

>

> It is well to bear in mind that there is much disagreement on

almost any

> medical topic, and PCa is no exception. We patients must study,

learn,

> then take charge of our cases and cope as best we can.

>

> Regards,

>

> Steve J

>

> " As a physician, I am painfully aware that most of the decisions

we make

> with

> regard to prostate cancer are made with inadequate data. "

> -- L. " Snuffy " Myers, MD

> Medical oncologist. PCa survivor.

>

[Guest guest]

Basically the same as someone who posts something to a yahoo group.

Thank you for your input. Mick -- Abilene, TX

WIKIPEDIA MAKES NO GUARANTEE OF VALIDITY

Wikipedia is an online open-content collaborative encyclopedia, that

is, a voluntary association of individuals and groups working to

develop a common resource of human knowledge. The structure of the

project allows anyone with an Internet connection to alter its

content. Please be advised that nothing found here has necessarily

been reviewed by people with the expertise required to provide you

with complete, accurate or reliable information.

That is not to say that you will not find valuable and accurate

information in Wikipedia; much of the time you will. However,

Wikipedia cannot guarantee the validity of the information found

here. The content of any given article may recently have been

changed, vandalized or altered by someone whose opinion does not

correspond with the state of knowledge in the relevant fields.

No formal peer review

We are working on ways to select and highlight reliable versions of

articles. Our active community of editors uses tools such as the

Special:Recentchanges and Special:Newpages feeds to monitor new and

changing content. However, Wikipedia is not uniformly peer reviewed;

while readers may correct errors or engage in casual peer review,

they have no legal duty to do so and thus all information read here

is without any implied warranty of fitness for any purpose or use

whatsoever. Even articles that have been vetted by informal peer

review or featured article processes may later have been edited

inappropriately, just before you view them.

None of the contributors, sponsors, administrators, or anyone else

connected with Wikipedia in any way whatsoever can be responsible

for the appearance of any inaccurate or libelous information or for

your use of the information contained in or linked from these web

pages.

>

> > Article on Prostate Cancer from Wikipedia. Hope this helps,

Mick -

>

> I recommend utmost caution with regard to items posted on

Wikipedia.

>

> Anyone can post anything, and there is no vetting for accuracy.

>

> If one wishes to learn about PCa, I recommend

>

> (1) The objective, encyclopedic and reliable information available

on

> the website of the Prostate Cancer Research Institute (PCRI) at:

>

> http://prostate-cancer.org/index.html

>

> and

>

> (2) _A Primer on Prostate Cancer_ 2nd ed., subtitled " The Empowered

> Patient's Guide " by medical oncologist and PCa specialist

B.

> Strum, MD and PCa warrior Donna Pogliano. It is available from the

PCRI

> website and the like, as well as Amazon (30+ five-star reviews),

> & Noble, and bookstores. A lifesaver, as I very well know.

>

> It is well to bear in mind that there is much disagreement on

almost any

> medical topic, and PCa is no exception. We patients must study,

learn,

> then take charge of our cases and cope as best we can.

>

> Regards,

>

> Steve J

>

> " As a physician, I am painfully aware that most of the decisions

we make

> with

> regard to prostate cancer are made with inadequate data. "

> -- L. " Snuffy " Myers, MD

> Medical oncologist. PCa survivor.

>