RE: PAACT Choices Newsletter titled America: Beware The UroRad

[Guest guest]

I thought it somewhat amusing that Dr

Dattoli, the author, offers to do all the complex pathology tests to his

patients – no using a specialist pathologist while he has an ‘in

house’ one.

He has still not sent me the studies to

which his marketing manager referred when she said that “<snip>

Studies indicate that the younger a man is when diagnosed, the higher the

chances are of his cancer being aggressive. <snip> I believe there are no

such studies.

His objections to ‘marketing’

are rather hollow given the misleading information on his site.

All the best

Prostate men need enlightening, not

frightening

Terry Herbert - diagnosed in 1996 and

still going strong

Read A Strange Place for unbiased information at http://www.yananow.org/StrangePlace/index.html

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ProstateCancerSupport

[mailto:ProstateCancerSupport ] On Behalf Of Chuck Maack

Sent: Friday, 24 June 2011 11:07

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To: Chuck Maack

Subject:

PAACT " Choices " Newsletter titled " America: Beware The UroRad "

I expect that many of you will find an article in this

month’s PAACT “Choices” Newsletter titled “America: Beware

The UroRad” of interest:

http://www.paactusa.org/ccvol27-2june2011.pdf

Always as close as the other end of your computer to help address

any prostate cancer concerns.

" What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone

monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others. "

(Chuck) Maack/Prostate Cancer Advocate/Mentor

Wichita, Kansas

Chapter, Us TOO

Biography: http://www.ustoowichita.org/leaders.cfm?content=bio & id=1

Email: maack1@...

Chapter Website " Observations " : http://www.ustoowichita.org/observations.cfm

[Guest guest]

Terry Herbert wrote:

....

> He has still not sent me the studies to which his marketing

> manager referred when she said that <snip> Studies indicate

> that the younger a man is when diagnosed, the higher the

> chances are of his cancer being aggressive. <snip> I believe

> there are no such studies.

....

This is one of those things that " stands to reason " , as the

saying goes. If cancer develops very slowly, it would seem

likely that it only gets big enough to be detected when the

patient is old. If it's developing quickly, it might be detected

much earlier. Hence the guy who is diagnosed earlier has, on

average, the faster growing cancer.

But of course that's not science. There are lots of things that

sound reasonable but turn out to be false.

So I'm with you on this. I want to see the studies.

Alan

[Guest guest]

Chuck, a friend of mine on Long Island ran into exactly this situation. When his PSA hit 5.9 his GP sent him to a urologist. A biopsy showed two positive cores, and the urologist recommended radiation therapy and sent him to a radiation center. During a discussion with the doctor at the center he asked how she knew the urologist and was told the urologist was a part owner of the center. At that point my friend opted for a second opinion and got one from Sloan Kettering, which recommended active surveillance. Six months later, when the PSA had continued to rise and the number of positive cores in a follow up biopsy had doubled, he opted for surgery at Sloan Kettering. MikeSubject: PAACT "Choices" Newsletter titled "America: Beware The UroRad"To: "Chuck Maack" Date: Thursday, June 23, 2011, 9:07 PM

I expect that many of you will find an article in this month’s PAACT “Choices†Newsletter titled “America: Beware The UroRad†of interest: http://www.paactusa.org/ccvol27-2june2011.pdf Always as close as the other end of your computer to help address any prostate cancer concerns. "What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others." (Chuck) Maack/Prostate Cancer Advocate/Mentor Wichita, Kansas Chapter, Us TOOBiography: http://www.ustoowichita.org/leaders.cfm?content=bio & id=1 Email: maack1@... Chapter Website "Observations": http://www.ustoowichita.org/observations.cfm