Seems to me like routine digital exams are essential.
I still get the PSA test . . .
I don’t think the rush to surgery for slow growing is always wise.
Certainly, I’m for knowing accurately.
PSA is notoriously inaccurate.
If you think it of little value then why do you bother to do it?
I agree. My own GP (Internist and Hemotologist) told me, after I tested at a low PSA number, that he doesn’t do the PSA test on himself. He said that with the tendency for false positives doctors could possibly be subjecting their patients to treatments with debilitating side effects (incontinence/impotence). He stated (restated)that a physician’s first duty is to do no harm. That he takes seriously his Hippocratic oath is why I find him to be an outstanding physician.
I have to say that I have been fortunate to have selected or been recommended to an outstanding group of physicians and dentists who have as their first principle to care for their patients. I seriously doubt that we would have that under obamacare.
I agree. My own GP (Internist and Hemotologist) told me, after I tested at a low PSA number, that he doesn’t do the PSA test on himself. He said that with the tendency for false positives doctors could possibly be subjecting their patients to treatments with debilitating side effects (incontinence/impotence). He stated (restated)that a physician’s first duty is to do no harm. That he takes seriously his Hippocratic oath is why I find him to be an outstanding physician.
I have to say that I have been fortunate to have selected or been recommended to an outstanding group of physicians and dentists who have as their first principle to care for their patients. I seriously doubt that we would have that under obamacare.
I agree. My own GP (Internist and Hemotologist) told me, after I tested at a low PSA number, that he doesn’t do the PSA test on himself. He said that with the tendency for false positives doctors could possibly be subjecting their patients to treatments with debilitating side effects (incontinence/impotence). He stated (restated)that a physician’s first duty is to do no harm. That he takes seriously his Hippocratic oath is why I find him to be an outstanding physician.
I have to say that I have been fortunate to have selected or been recommended to an outstanding group of physicians and dentists who have as their first principle to care for their patients. I seriously doubt that we would have that under obamacare.