As Leah wrote in a comment on this blog just the other day, “Yes, the ‘D-word’ is still taboo. Death is UNAMERICAN.” The comment stimulated the thought that our preconceptions have significant impact on how we think about risk, diagnosis, and treatment of prostate cancer — and yet there is really very little good research on this topic. … READ MORE …
Filed under: Diagnosis, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Risk, Treatment | Tagged: decision-making, knowledge, Management, perception, Treatment | 26 Comments »