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Consultation: Prostate Cancer

Dr Jessen treats a patient whose Prostate Cancer has worsened in recent months and must now consider the removal of the problem gland.

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my dad has to have his prostate removed next month and this has been very helpful indeed. thank you

Posted on 22 Feb 2010 00:22 by felicity
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Well done Barry, we hope you are continuing to Beat It, You did the only thing you could, have it removed, I hope I will have the same decision to make soon, as I have been monitored for over 6 years, which is no joke. So once again, Best Wishes.

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I wish you the very best of good health, Barry. Thank you for sharing your experience.

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Omg this is aweful, it's really lucky that it got removed before it could cause any more damage! god bless you.

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