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Recent Articles A physician may choose his or her branch of medicine long before graduating from medical school. He or she may decide to become a specialist. With many different avenues to choose from, choosing a specific field of specialty medicine can easily become a daunting experience. The physician's job description is ever changing and evolving. We will address a few of the many different roles a specialist Read More... This year approximately 14% of the 193,000 men diagnosed with prostate cancer will already have advanced prostate cancer by the time the cancer is detected. With routine testing before the onset of symptoms, including digital examinations and PSA blood tests, many of these individuals might have been diagnosed when their cancer was in the early stages. A lapse of time until the cancer is advanced Read More... There are screening tests that are used by doctors to find prostate cancer in men before they become symptomatic. Yet, regardless of whether a physician tests a male patient the tests do not amount to anything if the doctor does not tell the patient, follow up with a referral to a specialist or order additional testing if the results were abnormal. This may result in a holdup in finding the man's Read More...
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