Dr. Bertram Yuh
Urologic Oncology
South Pasadena, CA
10 years experience male
Locations
City of Hope Urology
South Pasadena, CA
About
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Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Urologic Oncology
Licenses
United States: California
Languages spoken
English, Mandarin
Doctor Q&A
31 Answers
27 Agrees
The number of answers this doctor has agreed with.
A 20-year-old male asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
Seek a doctor: Persistent pains that cannot be attributed to any activity may be nothing serious but may also be a sign of an underlying problem. While this is not l... Read More
5.1k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 21-year-old member asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
Smoking, obesity: Others can include anatomic abnormalities such as horseshoe kidney, chronic renal failure, and genetic abnormalities.
5.6k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 34-year-old member asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
Extremely rare: Advanced bladder cancer may go to the lymph nodes, lungs, liver, and bone. Only in very rare cases does it spread to the brain.
5.6k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 40-year-old member asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
Both are correct: Small bladder tumors are usually removed with surgical resection. However in cases such as multiple tumors, difficult to see tumors, in situ tumors, h... Read More
5.5k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 40-year-old member asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
No: Prostate cancer does not tend to spread to lymph nodes until it is quite advanced. These aggressive tumors have a much higher risk of leading to demis... Read More
5.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 64-year-old male asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
Quite possibly: These urinary symptoms are most commonly from an enlarged prostate, however cancer, bladder abnormalities, infections, and inflammatory conditions may... Read More
5.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 69-year-old female asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
Perhaps: Erectile dysfunction is common in men over the age of 50. With prostate cancer treatments erectile dysfunction may occur or worsen. Time will often im... Read More
5.1k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 45-year-old member asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
Operative treatments: Besides medications and other supplements, most urologists will treat refractory BPH with procedures such as microwave therapy, laser vaporization of ... Read More
5.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 48-year-old female asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
Probably not: Angiomyolipomas represent benign tumors therefore it should be a separate process from your kidney cancer. Also smaller focuses as youve described are... Read More
5.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 35-year-old member asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
Surgical usually: Most kidney cancers are treatable with surgery.
Some are also treated with freezing or heat destruction.
Newer medications have been used in advanc... Read More
5.6k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 25-year-old male asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
Symptoms?: Kidney stones are not infrequent and treatment depends on if they are causing pain, nausea, vomiting, fevers, urinary problems, blood in the urine, or... Read More
5.3k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 21-year-old male asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
No: BPH is more a disease of older men. Prostate growth is much more common in the 40s and 50s which contribute to the increased urinary symptoms at this ... Read More
5.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 19-year-old female asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
Uncommon symptoms: If these symptoms persist you should be evaluated by a doctor. It may be a response to a full bladder. However these are not typical symptoms during u... Read More
5.1k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 45-year-old member asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
Outside the prostate: Overall survival of prostate cancer is fairly good. However, higher stage prostate cancers have worse prognosis, from i-iv. Stage iii cancers tend to ... Read More
5.2k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 61-year-old female asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
May be concetrated: Dark urine is most commonly a sign of concentrated urine. If this is not accompanied by other symptoms, increasing hydration may be enough. If there a... Read More
5.1k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 36-year-old member asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
Extremely low: While not 0%, the chances of having prostate cancer increase significantly with age, with very rare cases in the 30s, and increasing probability with ... Read More
5.2k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 38-year-old member asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
Not likely: Average age of diagnosis for prostate cancer remains in the 60s, with extremely rare cases happening in the 30s.
5.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 41-year-old member asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
Prolong survival: Chemotherapy is given for advanced prostate cancer and is not meant to cure the disease. It can prolong survival and the progress of disease however.
5.2k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 43-year-old member asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
A few things: A number of conditions may cause symptoms of an enlarged prostate such as:
urinary tract infection
prostatitis
prostate cancer
urethral stricture
... Read More
5.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 39-year-old member asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
Varies: Even within stage 4, there are varying severities of disease. Survival can occasionally go beyond five years though most people will succumb in two or... Read More
5.2k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 63-year-old female asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
Surgical specialty: Urologists in general treat both benign and malignant conditions of the urinary tract, which include the kidneys, ureters, bladder, prostate, testes, ... Read More
5.6k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 20-year-old female asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
Multiple factors: Genetic factors
chronic bladder irritation
certain chemicals
radiation to the bladder
cyclophosphamide(a chemotherapy).
5.6k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 35-year-old member asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
Stage and patient: A number of factors determine what kind of treatment such as stage of disease, size of tumor, comorbidities of the patient, age of the patient, overal... Read More
5.2k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 31-year-old member asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
No: Overwhelming support for prostate massage in the prevention of prostate cancer is not substantiated which is why it has not become the standard of car... Read More
5.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 73-year-old male asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
Physical therapy: Recovery of continence after prostatectomy may take longer with increasing age at surgery. Other factors such as previous radiation, previous prostate... Read More
4.9k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 35-year-old male asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
Resting up: Rest is important, prevent overstraining.
Ice packs or heat packs may alternately work.
Antiinflammatory medications like Ibuprofen may also help wi... Read More
5.1k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 47-year-old member asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
Many years: While survival is completely dependent on stage of disease, aggressiveness, age, and other factors, men can live decades with treatment or even withou... Read More
5.2k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 40-year-old member asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
How cells look: Grading refers to how closely the cancer cells resemble normal kidney cells. Cells that are more abnormal (ie higher grade) are associated with a wors... Read More
5.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 46-year-old member asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
Rare: Bilateral kidney cancers at the same time are rare, perhaps ~2% of the time. Though this rate increases with certain genetic disorders.
5.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 36-year-old member asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
Not completely: While urine based tests like pca3 may provide some information about prostate cancer, the only definitive way to diagnose prostate cancer presently is... Read More
5.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 65-year-old male asked:

Dr. Bertram Yuhanswered
Urologic Oncology 10 years experience
Related to biopsy: Blood in the urine, stool, and semen is very common after prostate biopsy. This will almost always resolve over the course of days to weeks. Things to... Read More
5.1k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
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Jun 23, 2014
Dr. Bertram Yuh is a great surgeon and knowledgable urologic oncologist!
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Yuh is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Yuh is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Thank you for your very helpful response. Have a very nice weekend!
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Thanks for your quick reply! M taking k mac. It was pain before but now its painin lil bit..
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This saved my life. Thank you. Terima kasih. Dr.Bertram Yuh... With smile..
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, OH
Graduated 2005MD
Residency
University at Buffalo
Affiliations
City Of Hope National Med Ctr
Huntington Hospital
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