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Here in the USA, while our legally elected representatives in Washington, DC, pontificate about “death panels” and try to score political points over which of our two major political parties is more likely to “ration Grandpa to death,” most of us do, in fact, appreciate that we are going to die (at some point) and [...]
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management | Tagged: death, palliative care, quality of life | 7 Comments »
One of the most complicated questions in dealing with prostate cancer is correctly assessing whether men who are known to have had prostate cancer actually died of their prostate cancer or simply with it, especially among men of more advanced age or with co-morbid conditions. In other words, “What do prostate cancer patients die of?”
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Risk | Tagged: cause, death, mortality, prostate cancer-specific, risk | 9 Comments »
Atul Gawande is a general surgeon who practices in New York. He also writes regularly on issues related to the relationship between medicine and society.
Filed under: Management | Tagged: choices, death, Gawande, hope, life, love | 1 Comment »
A recently published paper has used the SEER database to compare the causes of death of older men, dependent on whether they had ever been diagnosed with prostate cancer or not.
Filed under: Prevention, Risk | Tagged: cause, death, men | 2 Comments »
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