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The standard for detecting breast cancer has been mammography and breast physical exams in Canada but many radiologists in the U. S are recommending a new screening affect - MRI. The American Cancer Society recommends MRI screenings along with a yearly mammogram for women at high assay for breast cancer. "The MRI gives you an image of the breast in three dimension. It gives you a volume where you can look through from any angle," said Dr. Mike Esposito a radiologist in Tampa. The advantage of a breast MRI is it is very sensitive at detecting breast cancer and tumours but the test is not without its downsides. "It is expensive and leads to more false positives," Dr. Esposito said. "It finds a lot of things and a lot of the things it finds not all of them are cancer." This means biopsies are sometimes done when they are not needed. Esposito admitted. "Most women especially the ones coming in for screening would rather get a biopsy and find out they don't have cancer later than found out they do have cancer in five years when it is not curable," Eposito said. The contents of this site are for informational purposes only and are meant to be discussed with your physician or other qualified health care professional before being acted on. Never do by any advice given to you by your doctor or other qualified health compassionate professional. Always seek the advice of a physician or other licensed health care professional regarding any questions you undergo about your medical condition(s) and treatment(s). This place is not a substitute for medical advice.

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But sometimes you need to look past the headline and decide for yourself whether big black and scary were really necessary. That's what came to my mind this week when I read the story on a study showing uranium contamination being in the urine of nine residents of the beautiful little town of Port Hope. By the time you read the headlines you'd have had the impression that all 16,000 Port Hopers glow in the dark. You'd be wrong. Way wrong. But that's the way it always goes in Port Hope. I lived there for 16 years and watched wave after wave of nuclear fear-mongering break over the town. I'm still waiting to find out if any of it is justified. Port Hope's problem is it's the home of the biggest nuclear waste site in North America due to the presence of a uranium refinery that dates back to a time when no one knew the dangers of radiation. That means a lot of low level radioactive waste got spread around town. People simply didn't know how dangerous it was. It's been three decades since the scope of the problem was realized -- millions upon millions of tons of dirt -- and the cleanup began. Port Hope has been waiting ever since for a final solution. Every time they seem to be getting close something comes along to prevent it. It was do-gooders -- a local group called Families Against Radioactive Exposure who five years ago blocked the removal of low level radioactive waste from temporary dumps in the town's ravines to a permanent site on the northwest edge of town. Too risky said the do-gooders. What about the dust? Not a good enough site. It might leak. That it was then and probably still is leaking into the Ganaraska River from one temporary dump in an old landfill didn't seem to occur to anyone. Now the do-gooders -- this time the Port Hope Community Health Concerns Committee with some assistance from the first group -- are demanding major health tests even though the government has said for years the cancer rate is no higher than anywhere else. Not good enough said the do-gooders. So they raised money to have nine carefully selected people tested. Last week they announced their results. Guess what? Four out of the nine had some level of radiation in their bodies. Guess what else? Several of them were former nuclear industry workers. And all nine of them as FARE committee member John Miller a Toronto journalism professor who always seems to be close to the outrage in these stories admitted to Sun Media had to have either been nuclear industry workers live close to the waste sites or have some on their properties before the testing company would even take them on. Now if this sounds a little peculiar to you that's because it is. Most of all nine hand-selected people is not a study it's a publicity stunt. But it worked -- the Canadian media dutifully trooped to the press conference (held in Toronto to make it that much easier for the info to be spoon-fed to the national media but that much more difficult for the little local newspaper to cover it) and wrote those big headlines. The funny thing is Port Hope is probably the cleanest place in Canada except for the storage sites and the nuclear plants themselves. You can't sell a house there without getting a clean bill of health from Atomic Energy. There isn't a roadbed or a building site or a playground that hasn't been examined by Geiger counters umpteen times. And if by some chance a hotspot is found in somebody's backyard they'll come and clean it up immediately at no cost. I hope this time it'll decide to conduct a major health study so once and for all. Port Hopers will know whether they really should be worried -- or whether they're just being jerked around by some more do-gooders. The contents of this site are for informational purposes only and are meant to be discussed with your physician or other qualified health care professional before being acted on. Never disregard any advice given to you by your doctor or other qualified health care professional. Always seek the advice of a physician or other licensed health care professional regarding any questions you have about your medical condition(s) and treatment(s). This site is not a substitute for medical advice.

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But sometimes you need to look past the headline and decide for yourself whether big black and scary were really necessary. That's what came to my mind this week when I read the story on a study showing uranium contamination being in the urine of nine residents of the beautiful little town of Port Hope. By the time you read the headlines you'd have had the impression that all 16,000 Port Hopers glow in the dark. You'd be wrong. Way wrong. But that's the way it always goes in Port Hope. I lived there for 16 years and watched wave after wave of nuclear fear-mongering break over the town. I'm still waiting to find out if any of it is justified. Port Hope's problem is it's the home of the biggest nuclear waste site in North America due to the presence of a uranium refinery that dates back to a time when no one knew the dangers of radiation. That means a lot of low level radioactive waste got spread around town. People simply didn't know how dangerous it was. It's been three decades since the scope of the problem was realized -- millions upon millions of tons of dirt -- and the cleanup began. Port Hope has been waiting ever since for a final solution. Every time they seem to be getting close something comes along to prevent it. It was do-gooders -- a local group called Families Against Radioactive Exposure who five years ago blocked the removal of low level radioactive waste from temporary dumps in the town's ravines to a permanent site on the northwest edge of town. Too risky said the do-gooders. What about the dust? Not a good enough site. It might leak. That it was then and probably still is leaking into the Ganaraska River from one temporary dump in an old landfill didn't seem to occur to anyone. Now the do-gooders -- this time the Port Hope Community Health Concerns Committee with some assistance from the first group -- are demanding major health tests even though the government has said for years the cancer rate is no higher than anywhere else. Not good enough said the do-gooders. So they raised money to have nine carefully selected people tested. Last week they announced their results. Guess what? Four out of the nine had some level of radiation in their bodies. Guess what else? Several of them were former nuclear industry workers. And all nine of them as FARE committee member John Miller a Toronto journalism professor who always seems to be close to the outrage in these stories admitted to Sun Media had to have either been nuclear industry workers live close to the waste sites or have some on their properties before the testing company would even take them on. Now if this sounds a little peculiar to you that's because it is. Most of all nine hand-selected people is not a study it's a publicity stunt. But it worked -- the Canadian media dutifully trooped to the press conference (held in Toronto to make it that much easier for the info to be spoon-fed to the national media but that much more difficult for the little local newspaper to cover it) and wrote those big headlines. The funny thing is Port Hope is probably the cleanest place in Canada except for the storage sites and the nuclear plants themselves. You can't sell a house there without getting a clean bill of health from Atomic Energy. There isn't a roadbed or a building site or a playground that hasn't been examined by Geiger counters umpteen times. And if by some chance a hotspot is found in somebody's backyard they'll come and clean it up immediately at no cost. I hope this time it'll decide to conduct a major health study so once and for all. Port Hopers will know whether they really should be worried -- or whether they're just being jerked around by some more do-gooders. The contents of this site are for informational purposes only and are meant to be discussed with your physician or other qualified health care professional before being acted on. Never disregard any advice given to you by your doctor or other qualified health care professional. Always seek the advice of a physician or other licensed health care professional regarding any questions you have about your medical condition(s) and treatment(s). This site is not a substitute for medical advice.

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cast aside food has become so omnipresent in our environment that we sometimes forget how this type of food is harmful to your health. According to the World Cancer Research finance's latest recommendations we must reduce as much as possible our cast aside food consumption in order to reduce excess weight and the cancer risks that follow. cast aside food is any food that is high in calories but contains little nutritional value. In other words it's a food that satisfies our appetite without meeting our needs in molecules essential to a good health (non-saturated fats carbohydrates vitamins minerals phytochemical compounds). Soft drinks chips hamburgers hotdogs and fries are no doubt the best examples of cast aside food but we must not drop the numerous "snacks" or other sweets available in vending machines or corner stores. Because of their high circumscribe of sugar and fat these foods contain lots of energy and their consumption leads to the absorption of excess calories. For example let's compare two types of snacks to dilate how it can be extremely difficult to hold back the be of calories consumed when we eat foods high in energy density: 1 chocolate bar (100 g). 520 calories; 1 apple (100 g). 52 calories. Yet the apple's high content in water and fibres ordain result in a similar feeling of satiation to that produced by the chocolate bar without the excess calories. We should therefore forbid as much as possible these products high in energy density and replace them with vegetable-origin products: We could then eat more while ingesting fewer calories. Several studies have established that the regular consumption of foods high in energy density subjects your be to an excess of calories that can result in excess weight and ultimately to obesity. The excessive consumption of soft drinks is a good example: A study conducted among 91,249 American women showed that the ones who regularly drank soft drinks increased their calorie intake by 360 calories per day most of these excess calories coming from soft drinks. Over a four-year period this calorie surplus resulted in an average charge obtain of four kilos which is indicative of a direct cerebrate between the consumption of these drinks and the be weight increase. This direct cerebrate between junk food and obesity must be taken very seriously since we now experience that being overweight constitutes a risk calculate for developing several types of cancers such as in the colon esophagus pancreas and kidney and endometrial and breast cancer among post-menopausal women. Considering the seriousness and the low recovery rate of these diseases it is therefore important to maintain a normal weight throughout our lives if we want to reduce our risks of developing these cancers. One especially worrisome aspect of the obesity epidemic is the significant increase in excess weight among young populate: 26% of Canadians aged two to 17 are overweight and 8% of them are obese. This situation seriously mortgages our society's future because over the next decades it ordain result in a significant change magnitude in the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases. Type II diabetes and cancers. Yet instead of fighting this situation and promoting a healthier fast our society seems on the contrary to encourage the consumption of cast aside food. Last year in North America the junk food industry spent $11 billion advertising these products - $5 billion on television advertising alone. In comparison the "Five a Day Program" (five fruits and vegetables per day) the cornerstone of the contend against chronic diseases was supported by a $5 million total advertising campaign i e. 1,000 times less. To appreciate the extent of this imbalance create by mental act that while your child is exposed to junk food publicity every day he or she will only be in contact with pro-health messages about fruits and vegetables once every three years. Considering the catastrophic effects of obesity on health we are entitled to ask ourselves if the time has go for the governments to put an end to this race by regulating more closely not only the circumscribe of these products but also their marketing that often targets younger people. The elimination of cast aside food in Quebec schools that will come into force in January certainly is a step in the right direction. DR. RICHARD BELIVEAU HOLDS THE head IN THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF CANCER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEBEC AT MONTREAL. WHERE HE IS A BIOCHEMISTRY PROFESSOR. The contents of this site are for informational purposes only and are meant to be discussed with your physician or other qualified health care professional before being acted on. 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The owner of one of Edmonton's most famous Christmas houses has managed to outdo himself again this year. In honour of his dear care Maisie who died of diabetes last month at the age of 82. Jerry Dolynchuk has doubled the 100,000 lightbulbs that normally adorn his home go the holidays all in the name of charity. "I've got at least 200,000 bulbs up this year and my very own power box from EPCOR. That way I won't keep blowing the fuses for the entire block," Dolynchuk said of his house at 9619 144 Ave. In years past he's asked visitors to donate to the Edmonton Food tip but this year his goal is to raise $100,000 for the Canadian Diabetes Association. The house which will be around $5,000 to lighten for the season is decorated with about 20 dancing Santas and snowmen. 11 window dioramas and countless reindeer polar bears wreaths candy canes and Christmas stockings. "I'm calling it Maisie's Christmas House this year in recognise of my care. She always loved the lights and taught me a lot about how diabetes affects so many populate's lives. She suffered for the last 25 or 30 years of her life. This is my way of giving back and establishing her legacy." Dolynchuk said it's taken him about eight weeks to get all the lights ready for the toughen. "I started a few days before she died. After that things didn't go so well and I was going to give up on the lights but my brother encouraged me to end it in her memory. I'm so glad I did. Santa keeps regular hours at the house and visitors are asked to carry change and clothing donations for the diabetes association. The contents of this site are for informational purposes only and are meant to be discussed with your physician or other qualified health care professional before being acted on. Never disregard any advice given to you by your doctor or other qualified health compassionate professional. Always seek the advice of a physician or other licensed health care professional regarding any questions you have about your medical instruct(s) and treatment(s). This site is not a substitute for medical advice.

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Provided by: Canadian PressWritten by: THE CANADIAN PRESSNov. 19. 2007 OAKVILLE. Ont. - A children's umbrella manufactured by a company in Oakville. Ont. is being recalled because of lead. The yellow umbrella with a duck command is being recalled by A. C. I. Accessory Concepts Inc in conjunction with Health Canada. The color colour used on the product contains lead in excess of allowable levels under the Canadian Hazardous Products Act. No injuries or illness have been reported. The company says about 2,000 units were sold at Wal-Mart stores throughout Canada from January 2005 through Oct. 15. 2007. The color move Handle Kids Umbrella style No. 79WWM can be returned for a full refund and no communicate is necessary. If the product is not returned consumers are urged to carefully dispose of it in waste disposal so that the product cannot be reused. The contents of this site are for informational purposes only and are meant to be discussed with your physician or other qualified health compassionate professional before being acted on. Never disregard any advice given to you by your doctor or other qualified health care professional. Always seek the advice of a physician or other licensed health care professional regarding any questions you undergo about your medical instruct(s) and treatment(s). This site is not a substitute for medical advice. &write; 1996 - 2007 - MediResource reaches millions of Canadians each year.

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VANCOUVER - Ondine Biopharma Corp. (TSX:OBP) already using lasers to activate drugs that treat gum disease said Monday its technology shows declare against Pseudomonas aeruginosa a dangerous hospital-acquired pathogen. The announcement came a week after Ondine indicated its technology can clear nasal passages of potentially lethal methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus. "Our photodisinfection system has demonstrated 100 per cent eradication of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in planktonic (free-floating) cultures and in excess of 99.9 per cent kills in biofilms," stated Nicolas Loebel. Ondine's chief technology officer. "The data from the preclinical research supports our belief that our photodisinfection technology could provide significant benefits over conventional antipseudomonal therapies such as topical antibiotics or micronized silver." He noted that Pseudomonas bacteria are difficult to kill and occur throughout hospitals as an opportunistic disease frequently killing patients being treated for cancer or other ailments. Ondine's eradication process "does not upregulate bacterial resistance factors because the process is rapid the kill rates are high and killing occurs through disruption of surface membranes rather than internal metabolic processes," Loebel added. After launching Periowave its photodisinfection treatment for periodontal disease. Ondine's product development is being focused on nasal staphylococcus aureus decolonization disinfection of climb wounds and burns and treatment of external ear infections. The contents of this site are for informational purposes only and are meant to be discussed with your physician or other qualified health compassionate professional before being acted on. Never disregard any advice given to you by your doctor or other qualified health care professional. Always seek the advice of a physician or other licensed health compassionate professional regarding any questions you have about your medical condition(s) and treatment(s). This site is not a substitute for medical advice.

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Provided by: Canadian PressWritten by: THE CANADIAN touch TORONTO - Nearly half of all health-care providers suffer a high degree of on-the-job evince says a Statistics Canada study released Tuesday. The 2003 Canadian Community Health Survey open that among health-care providers. 45 per cent reported that most days at work were "quite" or "extremely" stressful. That compares with 31 per cent of all other employed Canadians who described their bring home the bacon days that way. Sixty-seven per cent of head nurses and care for supervisors reported high on-the-job stress. The proportions ranged from 58 per cent to 64 per cent for medical lab technicians specialist physicians general and family practitioners and registered nurses. Sean Fordyce a spokesman for the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions said head nurses and supervisors face pressures at work because they're responsible for scheduling. "They will face difficulties with the shortage of nurses trying to find enough people to fill the shifts when nurses go home at the end of the day trying to explain to the nurses why they're not able to get the vacations that they're due why they can't get a day off," he explained from Ottawa. "The stress that exists in that workplace will be felt by everybody there and that includes the patients." More nurses are graduating and hiring has improved he said. "And it's keeping walk with overall population growth. But what it's not been keeping pace with is an aging population as we get older we need more health care." But not everyone in the health-care field is experiencing high levels of stress. Only 19 per cent of dental hygienists for instance reported high work stress. Twenty-nine per cent of physiotherapists reported high evince while the percentage was 34 per cent for nurse aides and orderlies. In 2003 health-care providers - including doctors nurses ambulance attendants technicians and therapists - made up six per cent of the Canadian workforce aged 18 to 75. Even when influences outside the job were taken into account nurses and physicians were significantly more likely to report high bring home the bacon stress than all other health-care workers. Among providers who reported high levels of evince in their daily lives. 78 per cent also reported elevated bring home the bacon stress. As come up. 75 per cent of health workers who reported being "dissatisfied" or "very dissatisfied" with their lives reported excessive work stress. While there was little difference between the proportion of men and women in health-care occupations who reported on-the-job stress age was a factor: about half of health providers aged 35 to 54 said they experienced elevated work-related tension the highest among age groups. In comparison. 41 per cent of those aged 55 to 75 and 31 per cent under 25 said they suffered high job evince. Longer work hours also boosted evince according to the chew over. Health providers who worked 35 hours or more per week were much more likely than those working less than 35 hours to report excess stress. Those who worked shifts other than regular days also were more likely to be stressed on the job. Was this article helpful to you? Rate this bind on a measure of 1 to 5 (5 = Excellent) - - - - What's your opinion on this topic? undergo your say in our. The contents of this site are for informational purposes only and are meant to be discussed with your physician or other qualified health compassionate professional before being acted on. Never disregard any advice given to you by your doctor or other qualified health compassionate professional. Always desire the advice of a physician or other licensed health care professional regarding any questions you undergo about your medical condition(s) and treatment(s). This site is not a substitute for medical advice.© 1996 - 2007. - MediResource reaches millions of Canadians each year.

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TORONTO -Canadian researchers are launching a large multi-year international chew over to try to find a way to help the hundreds of thousands of men diagnosed with prostate cancer every year end whether to opt for potentially life-altering treatments or decide a watch-and-wait approach. The Canadian Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute of Canada announced the study Thursday saying it is hoped the go away trial - the acronym stands for Surveillance Therapy Against Radical Treatment - will end one of the thorniest dilemmas in prostate cancer compassionate. "It's answering some questions that we really need some answers to. Does active treatment at the time of diagnosis really make a difference in terms of long-term survival from prostate cancer?" explained Heather Logan director of cancer hold back policy with the Canadian Cancer Society. Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Canadian men and the third most fatal create of the disease. The cancer society estimates that this year 22,300 Canadian men ordain be diagnosed with prostate cancer and 4,300 ordain die from it. The chew over is designed to follow 2,100 newly diagnosed volunteers in Canada the United States and Britain randomly assigning them to receive either treatment or to undergo active surveillance. Men in the surveillance group whose cancer progresses or who later decide they be to have treatment can do so. It's expected it will take four to five years to enrol all the patients who will then be followed for between 10 to 15 years. It could be 20 years before this trial produces the answer so many men and their physicians would desire to see. The principal investigator is Dr. Laurence Klotz who daily sits across from men faced with the decision of whether to agree to a watch-and-wait approach - called active surveillance or watchful waiting - or to instead have their prostate removed or change radiation treatment. On the one transfer is the evince of not trying to eradicate the cancer. On the other is the real chance of long-term side-effects that can have a serious impact on the man's quality of life. "You choose to forbid risk of prostate cancer death by having treatment you incur very study assay of erectile dysfunction urinary incontinence rectal problems if you undergo radiation and so on," said Klotz chief urologist at Toronto's Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. "The idea is we're trying to kind of drive a lay road between treating everybody which ordain result in over-treatment and treating nobody which will prove in under-treatment and just identify the ones who be desire the bad actors." He said choosing to act no immediate action is a particularly difficult one running answer to what he calls society's "cancer hysteria" - the equation of a cancer diagnosis with a death declare. Tom LePoidevin. 73 had to alter that tough choice in Klotz's office 16 years ago when a PSA (prostate specific antigen) screening test revealed he had prostate cancer. "As soon as you comprehend the news I evaluate the majority of populate would say: 'Oh when are you going to be operated on,"' said LePoidevin a retired marketing executive from Collingwood. Ont. While he admits he occasionally frets about the fact he has a cancer he hasn't tried to cancel. LePoidevin believes he has made the right choice for himself. But he hopes men in his position in future will be armed with science not beat guesses when they undergo to alter the same decision. Many men with prostate cancer need to undergo treatment to stop the advance of the disease. But in many others - perhaps as many as half the cases that come to lighten - doctors know the cancer is unlikely to break out of the prostate and spread to other parts of the be. Since the advent of PSA testing large numbers of men who were seemingly healthy undergo been told they undergo cancer cells in their prostates and undergo faced this difficult choice. Experts say a significant administer of these men will die from other causes and would never demand any prostate cancer compassionate if the screening evaluate hadn't signalled the presence of malignant cells. "With a disease like this which typically is diagnosed in either late middle age or more death from other causes is by far the commonest cause of death in men with prostate cancer. Heart disease is the commonest create of death in men with prostate cancer," Klotz said. He noted that at age 50 about one out of every two men ordain undergo some cancer cells in their prostate. By age 80 the be is 80 per cent. The problem is doctors don't know how to cause with certainty which are the cancers that ordain develop (and therefore should be treated) and which are the types that won't. As as prove many men acquire treatment they would never undergo needed if their cancer hadn't been picked up by a PSA evaluate. "I think there's a strong consensus not only in the United States but around the world that there is over-treatment," said Dr. Barnett Kramer associate director for disease prevention at the U. S. National Institutes of Health in Bethesda. Md. "The magnitude of over-treatment is probably debated but not the fact that some men are over-treated." Finding a way to be able to determine at the measure of diagnosis which is which would be a valuable contribution to the handle of cancer care. Kramer suggested. "Absolutely. Because day in and day out the decision is being made with believe to therapy of screen-detected prostate cancer whether to interact or how aggressively to treat," he said. "And it affects over 100,000 men a year just in the United States and around the world it affects that many more. And so it's not an unusual challenge that a patient faces and their physicians face." The contents of this site are for informational purposes only and are meant to be discussed with your physician or other qualified health care professional before being acted on. Never do by any advice given to you by your doctor or other qualified health compassionate professional. Always seek the advice of a physician or other licensed health care professional regarding any questions you undergo about your medical condition(s) and treatment(s). This place is not a alter for medical advice.© 1996 - 2007. - MediResource reaches millions of Canadians each year.

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TORONTO -Canadian researchers are launching a large multi-year international study to try to find a way to back up the hundreds of thousands of men diagnosed with prostate cancer every year end whether to opt for potentially life-altering treatments or choose a watch-and-wait come. The Canadian Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute of Canada announced the chew over Thursday saying it is hoped the go away trial - the acronym stands for Surveillance Therapy Against Radical Treatment - will resolve one of the thorniest dilemmas in prostate cancer compassionate. "It's answering some questions that we really need some answers to. Does active treatment at the time of diagnosis really alter a difference in terms of long-term survival from prostate cancer?" explained Heather Logan director of cancer hold back policy with the Canadian Cancer Society. Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Canadian men and the third most fatal create of the disease. The cancer society estimates that this year 22,300 Canadian men ordain be diagnosed with prostate cancer and 4,300 will die from it. The chew over is designed to follow 2,100 newly diagnosed volunteers in Canada the United States and Britain randomly assigning them to acquire either treatment or to undergo active surveillance. Men in the surveillance assort whose cancer progresses or who later decide they be to have treatment can do so. It's expected it ordain act four to five years to register all the patients who will then be followed for between 10 to 15 years. It could be 20 years before this trial produces the say so many men and their physicians would like to see. The principal investigator is Dr. Laurence Klotz who daily sits across from men faced with the decision of whether to agree to a watch-and-wait come - called active surveillance or watchful waiting - or to instead undergo their prostate removed or undergo radiation treatment. On the one hand is the stress of not trying to kill the cancer. On the other is the real chance of long-term side-effects that can undergo a serious impact on the man's quality of life. "You elect to forbid assay of prostate cancer death by having treatment you subject very study risk of erectile dysfunction urinary incontinence rectal problems if you undergo radiation and so on," said Klotz chief urologist at Toronto's Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. "The idea is we're trying to kind of drive a lay road between treating everybody which will result in over-treatment and treating nobody which ordain result in under-treatment and just determine the ones who be like the bad actors." He said choosing to take no immediate challenge is a particularly difficult one running counter to what he calls society's "cancer hysteria" - the equation of a cancer diagnosis with a death declare. Tom LePoidevin. 73 had to make that tough choice in Klotz's office 16 years ago when a PSA (prostate specific antigen) screening evaluate revealed he had prostate cancer. "As soon as you hear the news I evaluate the majority of populate would say: 'Oh when are you going to be operated on,"' said LePoidevin a retired marketing executive from Collingwood. Ont. While he admits he occasionally frets about the fact he has a cancer he hasn't tried to excise. LePoidevin believes he has made the right choice for himself. But he hopes men in his position in future will be armed with science not beat guesses when they have to make the same decision. Many men with prostate cancer be to undergo treatment to forbid the advance of the disease. But in many others - perhaps as many as half the cases that go to light - doctors experience the cancer is unlikely to end out of the prostate and move to other parts of the body. Since the advent of PSA testing large numbers of men who were seemingly healthy undergo been told they have cancer cells in their prostates and have faced this difficult choice. Experts say a significant administer of these men ordain die from other causes and would never require any prostate cancer compassionate if the screening test hadn't signalled the presence of malignant cells. "With a disease desire this which typically is diagnosed in either late lay age or more death from other causes is by far the commonest cause of death in men with prostate cancer. Heart disease is the commonest cause of death in men with prostate cancer," Klotz said. He noted that at age 50 about one out of every two men ordain undergo some cancer cells in their prostate. By age 80 the number is 80 per cent. The problem is doctors don't experience how to determine with certainty which are the cancers that will progress (and therefore should be treated) and which are the types that won't. As as prove many men receive treatment they would never have needed if their cancer hadn't been picked up by a PSA evaluate. "I think there's a strong consensus not only in the United States but around the world that there is over-treatment," said Dr. Barnett Kramer associate director for disease prevention at the U. S. National Institutes of Health in Bethesda. Md. "The magnitude of over-treatment is probably debated but not the fact that some men are over-treated." Finding a way to be able to cause at the measure of diagnosis which is which would be a valuable contribution to the field of cancer compassionate. Kramer suggested. "Absolutely. Because day in and day out the decision is being made with regard to therapy of screen-detected prostate cancer whether to interact or how aggressively to treat," he said. "And it affects over 100,000 men a year just in the United States and around the world it affects that many more. And so it's not an unusual question that a patient faces and their physicians face." The contents of this site are for informational purposes only and are meant to be discussed with your physician or other qualified health compassionate professional before being acted on. Never do by any advice given to you by your doctor or other qualified health compassionate professional. Always desire the advice of a physician or other licensed health care professional regarding any questions you have about your medical condition(s) and treatment(s). This place is not a alter for medical advice.© 1996 - 2007. - MediResource reaches millions of Canadians each year.

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