2003 USToo! Texoma Newsletter Index
January
- Director’s
Column: Our
charter: support
- MEETING: Prostate Cancer: Screening for early cancer and preventative options,
Dr. Steven A. Johnson,
Urologist. Certified American Board of Urology, President of Medical
of Board of Texoma Medical Center, Immediate Past President of Texas
Urological Society
· Letter from RB McGowen and his friend:
the first rule to learn is to try to continue to have fun
- CARCINOMA EXTENT IN PROSTATE NEEDLE BIOPSY TISSUE IN THE PREDICTION
OF WHOLE GLAND TUMOR VOLUME IN A SCREENING POPULATION
- MISONIX ANNOUNCES FOCUS SURGERY'S POSITIVE
PROSTATE CANCER RESULTS USING HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND - HIFU
- TREATING
SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION REQUIRES OPEN DISCUSSION, SPECIAL MANAGEMENT
- THREE
PROSTATE CANCER MONOTHERAPIES PROVIDE EQUIVALENT RELAPSE FREE SURVIVAL
·
Little known side effect of
cryosurgery
February
·
Director’s
column: Stress
·
MEETING:"
What Forms of Radiotherapy are Available in Grayson
County or Elsewhere”, Mary Hebert, Texas Cancer Center, Sherman and Denison
·
LAST MEETING: Program:
"Radical Prostatectomy in Grayson County: An Outcomes Review of 100+
cases" (Dr. Johnson expanded his topic).
·
MEN SEEK
'THE
TRUTH' ON PROSTATE TREATMENTS
·
Genistein quells cancer growth
mechanisms
- Exercise and Diet
- Prostate cancer cell death
- Implications of the research (low fat, high fiber diet)
March
- Director’s column:
Your doctor’s advice, opinion or based on facts?
- MEETING:
“ What are Your Questions and Concerns
About Prostate Cancer?"
, Dr. Michael Hilz, 300 N.
Highland
- Advanced prostate cancer recurrence
- Watchful Waiting
- The dreaded ultrasound biopsy
- Prosthesis for urinary
incontinence
·
Use of PET/CT in OncologyResults
from the recent American Urological Association meeting
- Ordering drugs from Canada
April
·
Director’s
column: Talking with your doctor(s).
·
MEETING "Understanding
how our new modulated beam x-ray machine can help with your cancer therapy"
, William J. Hittson, M.D. TMC,
Denison
·
TESTOSTERONE
THERAPY REVERSES PROSTATE GROWTH, LOWERS PSA
·
LATEST
FINDINGS ON VITAMIN E MAY AID RADIATION THERAPY
May
·
Director’s
column: Radio therapy side
effects your doctor forgot to tell you about
·
MEETING: "What
is Cryotherapy and is it a Therapy for my Prostate Cancer?",
Ewing Cooley,
Arlington, TX
·
A WARNING FOR RADIATION THERAPY PATIENTS
· A word to the wise, or why attend our meetings?
June
·
Director’s
column: You, your doctor and his
helpers are all part of the “get well team”
·
MEETING: none in
June
·
DIET AND
PROSTATE CANCER
·
HORMONAL THERAPY
(Androgen deprivation therapy)
YOUR PSA IS HIGH, HOWEVER PROSTATE CANCER IS NOT FOUND?
·
HELP IN
UNDERSTANDING PSA DOUBLING TIME
August
·
Director’s column : reprinting
“Speak up prevent errors in your care”, part one.
·
MEETING: None in August
- Robo Doc - A replacement for your physician
September
·
Director’s Column : Continuing “Speak up”
series
·
Meeting:
"Open Topic", Dr.
Larry Barker, Texas Oncology, Sherman Cancer Center and Denison Denison Cancer
Center
·
What's new in radiation
therapy* **
* “What's new in radiation
therapy and Recent trends in
prostate cancer treatment”, Dr. Jerry Bylander, Bylander Associates,
Inc., Sherman and Mr. Henri Plunkett, Hair by Henri, Denison
** Given as the September program after Dr. Barker was was unexpectedly
called to a WNJ board meeting as a member
October
·
Director’s
Column: Why attend?
·
Meeting: How your pathologist can
help you with your prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment”,
Dr. Joseph Barnes Pathologist, TMC
·
What's new in radiation therapy at MD
Anderson Repeated from September.
November
·
Director’s Letter:
PMA and Stress
·
MEETING :
“"Prostate
Cancer: Screening for Early Cancer and Preventative Options", Dr. Patrick
McGrael, Denison
·
M.D. Anderson: Dr. Truett's suggestions
on how to combat fatigue
·
Cryosurgery
·
Advanced prostate cancer
·
Newer radiation methods
·
Financial Systems", Didier
Sornette