PSA 8.4 with a 120 mL prostate: does this mean prostate cancer? | Dr Dilanka De Silva
Who is this article for? This article is for men who have urinary symptoms and a high PSA level and […]
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Do you need hormone treatment after prostate cancer surgery? | Dr Dilanka De Silva
An 89-year-old gentleman presented with severe urinary retention. After careful discussion, his surgeon performed a radical prostatectomy. The final pathology
If you had to have a mesothelioma, is peritoneal mesothelioma the one you would choose? | Dr Dilanka De Silva
A 56-year-old woman. Extremely fit. Regular exercise. No recognised occupational asbestos exposure. After returning from a trip to Europe, she
HIPEC for stage 4 colon cancer: could this major operation actually help me? | Dr Dilanka De Silva
A 42-year-old lawyer. No bowel symptoms. No family history. Yet her first diagnosis was already stage 4 colon cancer. Unfortunately,
If you had to have stage IV lung cancer, is ALK-positive the best type to have? | Dr Dilanka De Silva
A diagnosis of stage IV lung cancer is devastating. But not all lung cancers behave in the same way—and today,
The lung nodules were PET-negative—but they were still growing | Dr Dilanka De Silva
A patient once asked me: “If the PET scan is negative, doesn’t that mean it cannot be cancer?” Unfortunately, not
What if your lung cancer has a treatment hidden in its DNA? | Dr Dilanka De Silva
When someone is diagnosed with advanced lung cancer, one of the most important questions is not simply: “What type of
Not all PET scans are the same: why the tracer matters | Dr Dilanka De Silva
“Why do I need an FDG PET scan when someone else with cancer had a PSMA PET?” It is a
Stage IV kidney cancer: should you have the kidney removed? | Dr Dilanka De Silva
“If the cancer started in the kidney, shouldn’t we just remove the kidney?” It sounds logical. But in Stage IV
Prostate cancer has come back: what do castration-sensitive and castration-resistant really mean? | Dr Dilanka De Silva
Many men come to see me after prostate cancer treatment worried about prostate cancer recurrence, often because their PSA has