[Leica] Prostate

[Leon Pomeroy]

Catching up with Digest, I noted with interest several posts concerning the
prostate. I'm no physician and never wanted to practice medicine. My wife is
the physician in my family. I'm a theoretician with advanced degrees in
biology, all but doctoral dissertation, and psychology Ph.D., with
publications in the prestigious "Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences" (USA). I'm also a frustrated philosopher and chose to practice as
a clinical psychologist. I'm also a research biologist and psychologist.
Offering full disclosure, I promote biological medicine as tomorrow's
medicine today. Now then, the prostate:  I believe in casting a "big net"
over a problem; which is to say, haul in as many data points as possible.
Translation: look at the prostate in as many ways as possible so as to come
up with several variables or test results, including digital exam and
clinical impression. Each test is a data point and collectively they
"profile the prostate." The profile or test pattern contains more
information that any single test you can throw at the prostate and any
systemic impact (e.g., bones). In my alcoholism research we measured some
ten free blood plasma amino acids and used multivariate statistics
(regression, factor, discriminant) to process that amino acid profile
containing more information than any one amino acid. Medicine doesn't fully
exploit the diagnostic power of this approach and it needs to if only to
address the biochemical individuality of the patient.  Getting at
individuality and uniqueness requires a multivariate approach. So go and
cast the big net and find guys to interpret it.  If interested, check my
theoretical medicine and biological medicine blogs for Psychology Today
magazine by Googling "leon pomeroy."  Be Well, Dr. Leon Pomeroy, Northern
Virginia, USA. Leica M9, Fuji X-Pro 1, Canon Zoom Lenses; Ex 16 mm movie
maker with wonderful  Bolex and Canonscoopic movie cameras.