Here is a link to a 9 minute video out today by Dr Myers where he is talking about the PSA test and active surveillance (careful monitoring). He is saying exactly what many of us patients and carers have been saying for years. He talks about it being a 'criminal' act if physicians ignore the PSA test. He talks about timely intervention on those men who are in the high or intermediate risk groups with careful monitoring of all other men.
Whilst the NHS sits back and does very little we are losing one man every 52 minutes in the UK equivalent of three jumbo jets of men losing their lives every
month a chilling comparison.
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I started this Blog after being diagnosed with Prostate Cancer in 2010. I thought I was going to die! It was a way of keeping family and friends informed but then became a campaigning tool, helping to make improvements in hospitals nationally. 11 years on, after successful surgery, my PSA is still undetectable. I'm not continuing to Blog about prostate cancer, I'm hoping to leave it in the past, but this blog contains a great archive of information.
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