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Super Bowl prostate screening with Dr. Bianco of Miami Urology

The NFL players came to the Super Bowl prostate screening in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday from 10 am to 4 PM and Mount Sinai’s Dr  Bianco was there performing the exams and meeting the NFL players. Throughout the day NFL players came to participate in the Know Your Stats prostate screening program that was sponsored by the NFL Player Care Foundation during this year’s South Florida’s Super Bowl activities.

The atmosphere was relaxed and both the doctors and players had great facilities including possibly the largest exam room in the world (pictures of it in on our next post and you can decide). The Renaissance Fort Lauderdale Hotel was beautiful. The staff at the sign up table, the team drawing the samples for the PSA, and the technicians Manning the machines that were on working display that processed the samples within 10 minutes were all very chipper.

Doctors came from several areas of South Florida, to help out with the AUA’s and NFL”s prostate screening this year. Dr Bianco was having fun talking to the players, being interviewed for the newscasts, even meeting an old college friend that also became urologist. Dr Bianco was explaining about the new South Florida robotic center that he heads up for the Columbia University Division of Urology on Miami Beach and about his transitioning from  open and laparoscopic surgery to performing the da Vinci prostatectomy ((robotic prostate removal). Dr Bianco was explaining that by performing hundreds of robotic surgeries you become attuned to the nuances and advantages that the micro fine movements, 360 degree manipulation and the magnified 3D view offers. Dr Bianco also performs cystectomy (bladder removal), and nephrectomy (kidney removal) procedures with the daVinci robot.

So which team was the favorite to win the Super Bowl this Sunday at the prostate screening?

This Miami urology reporter was not surprised who the favorite was, since Miami is an AFC town. It shouldn’t take a Super Bowl for men to get their prostate screening, but it is a lot more fun.

Tomorrow: pictures.

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Hall of famer Mike Haynes, considered one of the NFL’s greatest defensive backs, has worn many hats and two different helmets (Patriots and Raiders) in his illustrious carrier with the NFL. Mike Haynes has put together a new team of NFL football all-stars. This week Mike Haynes, the NFL Player Care Foundation and the AUA are once again raising awareness about prostate cancer and the importance of prostate cancer screening by showing by example. Smack in the middle of this football crazed week here in South Florida, right between the Pro Bowl and Super Bowl, the NFL alumni and current players are having a prostate cancer screening. This Know Your Stats program has many aspects to it, which include informing the public on prostate cancer detection.

Our Miami urologist Dr Fernando Bianco will be performing the prostate cancer screening exams for the AUA and NFL Player Care Association. As the Chief of Robotic Surgery for Columbia University Division of Urology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach doctor Bianco knows the importance of early detection of prostate cancer. This includes starting a baseline blood test at the age of 40.

At 40 years of age you should get your prostate specific antigen (PSA) test done (a blood test) so that you have the amount of PSA that is in your blood to tract for the rest of your life. This very first PSA test is called your PSA baseline. As your life progresses, you will be able to compare the different PSA test results with your original baseline test. Watching the level of PSA in your blood is one of the determining factors that will help your urologist decide if you should have a prostate biopsy performed. Another aspect of your PSA levels that your doctor looks at is the rate that your PSA levels rise in each successive PSA test which is known as PSA velocity. Having a high PSA result can tip you off that there may be caner in your prostate. Prostate enlargement, prostatitis, aging, and even supplements can make your PSA numbers rise. That is why the American Urological Society AUA guidelines include many different factors that the urologists and their patients should look at before deciding to have a prostate biopsy. Some of the other indicators that are considered are a quick one minute digital rectal exam where the doctor uses his finger to feel the prostate to “see” if there are any nodules or unevenness to the prostate. Age is also taken into account along with family history, ethnicity, and medical history.

Mike Hayne’s “Know your Stats about Prostate Cancer ‘All-star team is full of the best stars in the history of the NFL, so in our next post, we will show you who they are. Of course this is Miami, and right now the best in the NFL are getting ready for the Pro Bowl kick off and the Miami urology team is off to watch the game.

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Prostate cancer screening will be available Super Bowl week for NFL alumni and current National Football League players. This prostate cancer awareness program was started by the National Football League and the American Urological Association, and it is sponsored by the NFL Player Care Fund.

This year’s event should have a larger number of players attending the prostate cancer screening since the Pro Bowl is bringing the top players in the NFL to Miami the week before the Super Bowl. Many of the Pro Bowl players would love to have their family and friends stay in our South Florida paradise for a week to go to the big game.

Dr Fernando J Bianco the Chief of Robotic Surgery for the Columbia University Division of Urology at Mt Sinai Medical Center on Miami Beach will be there performing the screening at this years event.

We will keep you posted each day on the developments of this Super Bowl XLIV kick off event as they unfold.

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Question:

“My husband had radical prostatectomy in 2000. PSA levels remained below .001 until last week; now he has a level of 11.4. What is most likely cause?”

Answer:

“A PSA that has gone above 0.4 after radical prostatectomy is a concerning sign and may represent a cancer that has returned. Your husband needs to be evaluated by a urologist as soon as possible. Thank you.”

Dr Alan Nieder,
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HDR (high dose rate) brachytherapy is performed at  our Miami urology center at Mount Sinai Medical Center as an adjunct to shorter courses of external beam radiation therapy specifically for patients with localized but large or advanced cancers of the prostate gland.
This computer controlled technique enables us to deliver radiation dose more efficiently to the regions adjacent to the prostate gland while limiting exposure to the rectum and bladder. This treatment requires a brief in-hospital stay.

For more information on treating prostate cancer please go to our Treatment for Prostate Cancer website.
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For your convenience, we have added the Health Insurance Information to our Miami urology website.

Please note provider information is subjected to change without notice. When calling for an appointment at (305) 674-2499, please verify that the doctor is still enrolled in your health plan. The patient is responsible for obtaining a referral if required. You will not be able to see the physician or have any testing done if a referral is not obtained.
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Blood in urine, whether it is microhematuria or gross hematuria is the most common symptom for urological disorders.
See our Blood in urine top ten list, on the most viewed website in the Miami urology series.
Miami Urology will next address testicular cancer symptoms in a new website to be posted soon. This is one of the few urinary system disorders the does not have blood in urine as a symptom. Come back later this week to see our new website on testicular cancer.

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Frequent urination may be caused by prostate enlargement, urinary tract infection (cystitis) prostatitis, neurological problems, urinary retention, and bladder muscle weakness, which may cause urinary incontinence.

Frequent urination or urinary frequency creates life altering problems that should be corrected early, to remove the impending medical, social, financial, emotional and physical events that eventually happen when the uncorrected urinary system worsens.

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Miami urology doctors are offering a free PSA Test, DRE exam (digital rectal exam) along with lectures about prostate risks, warning signs, and prostate cancer treatments such as prostate removal and prostate freezing (cryotherapy). Several free exam dates and lectures have been scheduled by the Miami urology Ivy League team at the Mount Sinai hospital in Miami Beach.

Dr Alan Nieder, Dr Fernando J Bianco, Dr Aaron E Katz, and Dr Mitchell C Benson are part of the Columbia University Division of Urology giving a free prostate exam and lectures that cover symptoms of prostate cancer such as blood in urine, painful urination, microhematuria, and high PSA. Prostate removal methods, robotic prostatectomy and prostate cryotherapy (freezing the prostate) will also be covered.

Miami urology prostate cancer screening exams and lecture dates, location and times are:

Get Tested for Prostate Cancer
Free PSA and DRE exam
Saturday, September 19
10am – 1pm
Church of the Open Door
6001 NW 8 Avenue
Miami, FL
No RSVP required.

Get Tested for Prostate Cancer
Free PSA and DRE exam
Wednesday, September 23
9:00 am – 12:00 p.m.
Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Center
3rd floor
4306 Alton Road
Miami Beach, FL 33180
RSVP to 305-535-3333

Prostate Cancer: Risks, Warning Signs and Treatments
“Ask the Experts” Free Lecture Series
Dr. Alan Nieder, urologist
Columbia University Division of Urology at Mount Sinai Medical Center
Thursday, Sept 24
10 am to 12:00 pm
Aventura Community Recreation Center
3375 NE 188 St.
Aventura, FL 33180
RSVP to 305-674-2600
Refreshments will be served. Space is limited.

Miami-urology.com gives a more detailed description of prostate cancer surgery and treatment of prostate cancer or if you would like to make an appointment.