Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A patient with a good result will credit his long term survival to his procedure. A patient with permanent incontinence, ED, etc will wish he hadn't had surgery. Both will likely live about the same length of time. The real issue is differentiating the occasional fellow with aggressive disease from the majority of men with indolent cancer they will die with, not from?. Hence my recommendation for PSA around age 50. Phil On Oct 28, 2011, at 9:39 PM, Ric Carter wrote: > I get this on the macro level in which you make decisions for the system > and a large sample of men > > on the micro level, just worrying about me, the call is much more difficult > > ric > > > On Oct 28, 2011, at 10:15 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: > >> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Philip Leeson <pjleeson at mchsi.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> More testing is not always better. >>> And oftentimes the treatment causes more problems than the underlying >>> disease. >>> >> >> >> but then . . . >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/health/views/26case.html?fta=y >> >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Sonny >> http://sonc.com/look/ >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> >> USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information