The End of the Intimate Relationship With My Doctor?

Doc, you ever serve time? - Fletch, while being "examined" by a doctor I turn 40 Sunday. Dad had prostate cancer (and is a survivor!), so that means my doc now gets to be really friendly with me every 48 months or so. Dad benefited from the PSA test, which caught his cancer early, but still had to undergo the knife to get rid of it (and even with PSA, a digital exam is still recommended for high-risk patients, like those with a family history). But with recent drug developments, the PSA alone might soon be enough.: Scientists are hailing a new drug to treat aggressive prostate cancer as potentially the most significant advance in the field for 70 years. Abiraterone could potentially treat up to 80% of patients with a deadly form of the disease resistant to currently available chemotherapy, they say. So I am figuring with PSA... [read full story]