Posted on 07/31/2009 9:28:00 AM PDT by John Jorsett
POLITICO Breaking News: -----------------------------------------------------
Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) has told the Hartford Courant that he has early-stage prostate cancer.
For more information...http://www.politico.com
At his age (65), it is likely not life-threatening, especially since they caught it early. It’s younger men getting it that they worry most about.
My only question is, “Does that mean he won’t run again — or is he just setting the stage to appeal for sympathy votes?”
“Wonder what kind of healthcare he will get in prison?”
He won’t be going to prison.
Democrats are now allowed to be OPENLY CORRUPT, and can expect no penalty for it.
Cuba is better suited for this crook.
This should not bother Dodd. He has promoted death for over 50 million Americans. If it’s been good enough for 50 million babies, it’s good enough for him. I will expend sympather elsewhere. It is preposterous to pretend to be mournful when mass-murdering tyrants fall ill or die.
This is something that can be verified. I’m sure he has it if it’s been announced. Yes, he has much better health coverage than he wants to allow the American people to have.
NHS U-turn on prostate cancer treatment
By Laura Donnelly, Health Correspondent
Published: 12:01AM GMT 16 Dec 2007
A life-saving treatment will be denied to tens of thousands of victims of Britain’s most common male cancer after a U-turn by the NHS rationing body.
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How a fruit punch may limit cancer Compared with surgery or conventional radiotherapy treatment, it is not invasive and is far less likely to lead to devastating side effects such as impotence or incontinence.
Suitable for treatment in the early stages of the disease, when it is not known how quickly it will spread, the ultrasound therapy is regarded by doctors as a vital new weapon in the battle against prostate cancer.
The UK’s most prevalent cancer among men, prostate cancer kills 10,000 a year, with 35,000 more cases diagnosed annually. A third of men over 50 contract it.
Three years ago, the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) said men across the country should be offered the treatment, called High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (Hifu), free on the NHS.
But The Sunday Telegraph has learnt that Nice has now decided to reverse that decision. In the New Year, the controversial rationing body will massively restrict the use of the HIFU treatment.
Instead of it being available to all prostate cancer sufferers, it will now be restricted only to those who have already failed to respond to conventional treatment and whose cancer has returned.
The decision, set to be made in February, means Hifu will not be available to the vast majority of prostate cancer sufferers.
Cancer charities and senior doctors last night attacked the move as a U-turn.
Mark Emberton, a consultant urologist at University College Hospital, London, said he was worried that patients would be forced into the private sector, “which would be a disaster”, if they wanted the treatment.
He also questioned the logic of only offering Hifu to men whose cancer had returned, while denying it to patients in the early stages of the disease.
Meanwhile, Stephen Brown, a consultant urologist at Stepping Hill hospital, Stockport, said: “We think Hifu is a really good option for patients who want a lesser procedure.”
Prof Roger Kirby, who chairs the Prostate UK charity, also decried the decision. He said: “Restricting the treatments available will have a massive impact on the patient.”
Since Nice made its original ruling, permitting the use of Hifu, just 300 men have been given the treatment on the NHS.
Primary care trusts have so far been slow to foot the bill for the treatment, which is one-off but costs about £13,000.
This amount compares with £3,000 for radiotherapy, which takes six weeks, and £5,000 for surgery.
It is understood that Nice, which has refused to comment on its new guidelines, will rule that there is insufficient evidence to prove that Hifu has long-term value.
The U-turn comes despite the research published last month in the European Journal of Urology which found that eight out of 10 men were healthy five years after being treated with Hifu.
You bet. The prostate cancer is a red herring, a smoke screen to usurp the real headline which is that in private hearings this week on capitol hill, at least one Countrywide executive testified that Sen. Dodd DID receive special treatment on his mortgage while heading the Senate Banking and Finance Committee.
CAN WE SAY SCANDAL????
This guy was slated to lose before this news broke. They put the cancer out there to blunt the coverage and give him a possible out. Look for an announcement that Sen. Dodd’s cancer has spread by March and that he will be retiring from the Senate to concentrate on his health. These scripts are getting very yellow and dog eared from overuse.
Our national play is turning from Shakespearean to Made For TV. Yuk.
I hope he is healed, but I also hope that a fresh reminder of his mortality leads to repentance,
May God bless him and his family.
Early stage prostate is very curable I’m hearing on the news.
Therefore, this could also could become a “wag the dog” over Dodd’s calling tens of thousands in bribes that he received a mere “courtesy.”
How old is Dodd?? How much is the treatment going to cost?? Is it worth it to save an old man whose life is nearing an end when untold millions have no health insurance?? Questions Obamacare will ask.
Oh, never mind. Members of Congress won’t be covered by Obamacare and aren’t subject to its limitations on care for senior citizens.
Though I certainly hope Dodd can overcome the cancer, it is, as Obama would say, a “teachable moment” to the public. The Senator will have care not always available to ordinary citizens if the Obama/Pelosi health care legislation is passed.
Like 0’s birth cert. has been able to be verified? I just don’t trust no stinkin’ ‘rats...
My prediction is this one will never see jail.
This Connecticut native is sorry Dodd is ill. And, this Connecticut native hopes that Dodd takes this illness as a sign to step down and ‘spend more time with his family’. Because, if he doesn’t, this Connecticut native hopes that Dodd is a). trounced in his reelection bid, or b). gets hauled off to jail for being a low-life POS.
That'll depend on whether he gets a daily prostate massage.
But 8 of 8 die with it.
Great News!!!!Put him on the new and improved obummercare program. He will live long and prosper!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, maybe. Better to send in the deathcare specialists.
You know, that’s an excellent point, as the debate rages on.
I pray Chris Dodd receives successful treatment and lives to be old and happy, and thankfully we have the means available (for now) to better his chances by far.
But what would his chances be under the plan they are pushing? Maybe he’ll spend a few minutes thinking about that now.
So, like Kennedy, we can’t criticize him anymore. There is no level of sleaze Dems won’t stoop too. He is a bad guy who did bad things. That doesn’t change with a malignant glioma..
Sympathy Ploy!
This will avert any criminal findings on his sweetheart house deal.
He has the best health care in the U.S. Stage one is very treatable. He will be fine.
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