Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i get them annually making a decision on treatment choices may be difficult, but not knowing you need to make a decision may be deadly ric On Oct 28, 2011, at 10:54 PM, Philip Leeson wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information