Prostate cancer consultations are common in primary care and there is no one approach to testing and treatment that fits all patients. Urologist Simon van Rij discusses the key considerations and options for personalised care, appropriate investigation and treatment
Vitamin B12 deficiency not uncommon
Vitamin B12 deficiency not uncommon
An elderly patient’s pancytopenia and severe anaemia raises the possibility of bone marrow malignancy, but her full lab results reveal other possible causes
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