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Prostate Cancer

Archives for April 2010

So What Happend to Going Blind??
Masturbation and Prostate Cancer Risk Masturbation Frequency Linked to Prostate Risk in 20s, Protection in 50s By Daniel J. DeNoon WebMD Health NewsReviewed by Louise Chang, MDJan. 27, 2009 -- Frequent masturbation in young men is linked to higher risk of early prostate cancer, but it lowers prostate cancer risk for men in…
Decisions, Decisions
As many of you know from previous posts, I was diagnosed with PCa about five weeks ago. Age: 59. PSA at Dx=4.3. 1 of 12 biopsy cores showed adenocarcinoma with 15% involvement. No evidence of perineural invasion. Gleason score was 3+3=6. My prostate volume is 47 ml giving a PSA density of 0.092 ng/ml/cm3. My PSA velocity…
Is robot prostate surgery best for quality of life?
For the newbie’s here there is a lot of information to digest to make an informative decision... I would suggest that one of your sources of information would be to get on the Prostate Cancer Foundation ( www.pcf.org) email list for new stuff that is coming out all of the time plus review all of the good information…
Quality of life: Treatment Comparisons
Interesting document from the U of Mich school of urology on quality of life issues after the 3 types of major treatments (note- proton therapy is not included in the study): http://www.med.umich.edu/urology/events/Other/PCNews.pdf The chapter you want is on Quality of Life- that starts on page 6 of the document. Strong…
The FDA has approved the cancer drug Provenge for use in men with advanced prostate cancer
It is offical...Provenge has been approved for use in patients with advanced prostate cancer by the FDA. It is the first of several promising immunotherapeutic agents to make it to the clinic.
Men who put on pounds after prostatectomy nearly double odds of recurrence, one study finds
By Steven Reinberg Tuesday, April 20 (HealthDay News) -- Men treated for prostate cancer who smoke or put on excess pounds raise their odds of disease recurrence and of dying from the illness, two new studies show. The findings were presented Tuesday at the American Association for Cancer Research's annual meeting in…
Nutrition, exercise and prostate cancer
The guide is Provided by Prostate Cancer Foundation and pretyy good IMHO (http://www.pcf.org/site/c.leJRIROrEpH/b.5699537/k.BEF4/Home.htm) ... I a posting this becasue I have recently corresponded with Dan Zenka, Vice President of Communications for the PCF as he is now a newly diagnosed prostate cancer patient himself and…
New Doctor New Prospective New Direction
First appointment with the new doctor, Dr. Isacksen, today. First, We agreed to stop the Eligard!!!!!! and see what happens. I am all for it and he feels comfortable with going that direction, too. So I am now on the down side of Eligard. Either the surgery, radiation and a year of hormone shots will hold and do its work,…
Treatment OPTIONS??.. we Just got PS diagnosis....A wife needs UR opinions on SEED therapy.
My hubby, Sean age 42, was just diagnosed with PC in Dec. (2 days after Christmas) no symptoms, no signs. (other than he runs a pretty constant low grade fever) He is a cancer survivor (15 yrs now) TOTALLY unreleated cancer, fever was his mainstay to know that something was wrong. :'( PSA test was 9.8 & found during a…
Just diagnosed
I'm 45.. just diagnosed and now I have to decide on the treatment. No history in family, total shock. Cancer is just in prostate. Met with radiologist and have appointment with surgeon for consult. I am overwhelmed. Question.. for those under 50 , why did you choose the option you did? Radiation VS Surgery. How was/is your…
PSA 6 weeks after surgery
Dear All, I just got the results of my first real PSA test after surgery. It is 0.01. So I can claim that I am now member of the ZERO club. My PCP ran a PSA test 2 weeks after my surgery without my knowledge and it came out at 0.21 which made me worry although I knew that the test should not ne done less than 6 weeks after…
surgery update
Jesse was scheduled for a 12:30 procedure but they didn't actually start until 2:30 due to the previous cases running over. He was in surgery for 3 hours. By that time all the support staff in the waiting area had gone for the day, so no one let us know when he was in recovery. Finally around 6:15 I went to the…
Chitown...for pending surgery
I saw that you ask about expectation on another post on how to prepare for pre and post surgery... I would recommend you review the information on William Catalona's site (Dr. Catalona developed the PSA test as a screening test for prostate cancer plus is one of leading surgeon in the world for prostate cancer and…
Here's to a successful Surgery for Jesse & (Mrshisname - Maria) - Tuesday 4-27 He gets his cancer r
I will be praying for you guys! Randy In Indy
Does/did anyone have issues with Kaiser as a provider...
From not being proactive in their treatments or not monitoring them in the years leading up to their diagnosis of PCa … I had Kaiser leading into my “diagnosis” but for reasons went with my other insurance carrier BCBS for my treatment…Just curious
Vaccine for prostate cancer?
I just heard a bit on the radio about a vaccine for prostate cancer that is likely to be approved by the FDA this week. Apparently it's administered in the same way as dyalisis. They didn't name the drug so I can't provide any illuminating info. They did say it would cost somewhere around $70K. Has anyone else heard of…
Making Decisions Regarding Surgery
TO EVERYONE OUT THERE, BEFORE YOU MAKE A DECISION TO DO SURGERY FOR PROSTATE CANCER THINK VERY VERY VERY VERY LONG AND HARD before you proceed. The quality of your like will be significantly down graded. TAKE IT FROM ME I am not speculating, I am stating a fact,this is a bad decision and if I had this insight that I am now…
Vitamin D - Optimum Level Varies by Race?
Can vitamin D have more benefit for one ethnic group than another? A new study from Wake Forest University School of Medicine suggests that it might. http://www.drweilblog.com/home/2010/4/24/vitamin-d-and-skin-color.html
My True Story
I have been reluctant to tell what really happened to me, but I have been here long enough to have confidence in all of you. So here it goes.... What really happened was I was out in a field late one night star gazing. This big disk shaped thing came out of the horizon flying very low. How big? It would have taken acres…
Information regarding pending robotic surgery
Hi All, It has been a while since I have been here. Briefly...diagnosed with PC in Dec 09, 1 core hot out of 12 and a gleason 6. Had bone scan and all was great ...a cat scan and a small superficial tumor was discovered on my bladder. Had it removed in February and just checked again this week. So far, so good. Doc is…
New zero club member
I had my appointment on Wednesday and got the news - I'm a member of the zero club too! Thanks and my prayers for everyone on this incredible discussion board.
2 biopsies 4 psa's
last august was told psa was up to 4.1 from 2.1 in one year, had a biopsy clear except for 2 areas one possible and one suspect, took a wait and see approach, jan. 2010 had a second psa and another biopsy, PSA was upto 6.1 but biopsy indicated nothing at all. April 2010 had another PSA upto 6.8 doctors are very confused,…
Eligard side effects after stopping injections
I took 22.5 Eligard shots to shrink my Prostate before opting for Brachytherapy. All went successfully but still have side effects from the Eligard after having my last shot 8 months ago. Does anyone have info about when the normal time frame might be for all the side effects to diminish? Hot Flashes and ED/Libido still…
The turtle has awakened
yes the viagra has finnally kicked in each week things are improving .I have tried calais viagra and livitra some side affects to start but not so many now.Viagra 20 minutes before sexual activity still not 100% but me and the wife are very happy .I know it may seem a selfish need but we are so relaxed now and feel like…
Bleeding from Catheter During BM
I've noticed over the last couple of days that blood oozes out from the catheter during a BM. Is this something I should be overly concerned with?
Post Surgery PSA's ZeRo - Continence - Erections... Glad I Didn't Do "Watchful Waiting"
I had my da Vinci radical prostatectomy on Nov. 9, 2009. My Gleason score was upgraded from 3+3=6 to 3+4=7. My surgeon said that had my margins not have been clean - we would be having a "different" conversation. Originally I was told I was a candidate for "Watchful Waiting" Thank God I didn't do that. It turned out that…
Ip6 ?
Anybody tried Ip6 & Inositol, the formula from Dr Shamsuddin ? I've been taking it for two weeks. will ask my surgeon for PSA check in two weeks (5/3/10) Prostate cancer history: Pre-biopsy PSA = 14 ng/ml Biopsy gleason score = 9 Radical prostatectomy August 09 First PSA after surgery = 0.1 (3 mo after surgery) 2nd PSA…
OK - You Dry Guys ...
I am now 9 days post catheter and 16 days post DLRP. Some notes and some questions. First off, my faith keeps me from coveting you guys who had bladder control from post-catheter from day 1. Congrats to those of you who were that lucky. You have rock star status to me! For the rest of us slugs, did you find (or are you…
Active Surveillance (watchful waiting)
The doctor that I seen for the last year is a surgeon at UCLA. I visited with him yesterday, and he referred me to an other physician at UCLA who specializes in Active Surveillance. There is a new type biopsy which is " three dimensional ultrasound" for a prostate biopsy which this doc is able to do....I understand it to…
My uncle has low psa but still has cancer
Hi, Has some one same experinced prostate cancer. He has 2.1 psa test and still suspicous of cancer. Her prostate was 35 g.. HE HAS MASSIVE BACK PAIN AND WEIGHT LOSS... pLEASE SHARE YOUR STORY WITH ME. tHANKS kuMAR

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