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Prostate Cancer

Archives for July 2012

FOCI SUSPICIOUS FOR LYMPHOVASCULAR INVASION? Anyone know much about this?
Found out I had prostate cancer in February...had just turned 50 and went in for a physical..one thing led to another and after the biopsy I found that I had cancer in 8 out of 12 biopsy...initial report showed mostly 3+3 on one half and 3+4 on the other...had robotic surgery 4 weeks ago to remove the prostate. After…
Someone, anyone, PLEASE...T2N1M0
My father was diagnosed with PCa about two months ago. I have not been able to go to a Doctor's appointment with him yet and all my family will give me is "It's all going to be ok" I'm the kind of person that wants to know EVERYTHING about something when I first hear about it and have been searching the internet for weeks…
No PSA Tests, Advanced Cancer Triples
http://www.medpagetoday.com/HematologyOncology/ProstateCancer/33962 Study: No PSA Tests, Advanced Cancer Triples By Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Published: July 30, 2012 Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Dorothy Caputo, MA,…
doubling every month
Hello again. 2010 has gleason score of 9 . prostate was removed and so was the gland . nothing in the lymps. cancer broke through the prostate. later that year had a posititve psa.2011 went for radiation in oct. 2012 jan. psa .02. May 1.1. going back this sept. and they expect it to be 4.something. what are some of the…
does any one have total incontenince after seed implants
i have had several laser treatments to remove scar tissue and it keeps coming back and then i became totally incontenient. has any one had this experience and are there any suggestions to resolve it.
radiation scar tissue in rectum
has any one had treatment to remove scar tissue from the rectum area due to radiation damage
Coincidence or something serious?
Hope everybody is doing well. On January of 2011, I had a RP and to this day thank God I am still a member of the “zero” club. About 7 months after the operation I had my normal yearly physical with a complete blood test with my GP. Within the CBC test it showed my Neutrophils at 39 (low) and my Lymph’s at 52 (high) In…
Zytita and heart conditions
The MD Anderson doctor in first of July, told me my Metastatic ilac node's had improved and that I needed to get heart check. I had told them of more chest pains, but did not think it was heart. So this last Friday I went to Heart place in Richardson Texas and sure enough he said my heart sound great, but with the…
Latest PSA
I haven't posted in awhile and thought I'd give you the latest PSA reading - as of two weeks ago, it has dropped to <0.10. I'm 4/1/2 years out from brachytherapy so I'm a happy camper. I wish each and every one of you dealing with this didease the same kind of positive results!
psa doubling every 4 weeks
Hello again. 2010 has gleason score of 9 . prostate was removed and so was the gland . nothing in the lymps. cancer broke through the prostate. later that year had a posititve psa.2011 went for radiation in oct. 2012 jan. psa .02. May 1.1. going back this sept. and they expect it to be 4.something. what are some of the…
IMRT Radiation Treatment Warning. Painful side affects. You will be screaming and crying.
Hi. I feel the need to warn people about IMRT radiation treatment. My husband had this done with Calypso technology. He had 45 doses of radiation. He is also Stage 1 so his treatments were not agressive. About halfway through, he started experiencing a lot of pain when he had to go the bathroom. It burns to pee and hurts…
Apple/cloud
I have a Ipad which might be apprent by all my spelling errors. Anyhow Apple just told all of us we had to go to the cloud. I went to the cloud but all my music disappeared. Now they want $30.00 to talk to them and maybe fix it. What's weird is that I did everything they told me and then when they told me to upload I did,…
PSA rise from 3.6 post external Beam Radiation to 5.1 after 2 years
First PSA reading 30 years ago was 9.8 with a negative biopsy. Extremely large prostate and readings continued to climb over many years with 6 negative biopsies. Two years ago at 44.6 my biopsy came back positive. Had Radiation (EB) and after 90 days Psa dropped to 7.4 then after 18 months dropped to 3.6. Now 2 years after…
PSA Rising after radical prostrate removal
My husband had total prostrate removal surgery 10 yrs. ago. In the last year his PSA has been rising again. Six months ago it was 2.1 and today it was 4.0 The Dr. said he expects it to be 5.0 within the next 6 months and he will then have to have surgery again.
PSA Rising after radical prostrate removal
My husband had total prostrate removal surgery 10 yrs. ago. In the last year his PSA has been rising again. Six months ago it was 2.1 and today it was 4.0 The Dr. said he expects it to be 5.0 within the next 6 months and he will then have to have surgery again.
Just received a diagnosis of PC with a Gleason of 9 - Still hope?
Hello, I am 57 and just returned from my appt to learn of this diagnosis. I've read some of the posts on this site over the last hour or so and it seems I haven't been handed a death sentence quite yet. Luckily I have a great family and support, just hope I don't let them down and go too soon. More tests, bone and ct, are…
Age 55 w/ Gleason score of 9 - Latest Update
Hello all, I'm 55 years old and received my diagnosis of prostate cancer on July the 13th (Friday). It's just a date, but how ironic! Let me give a little background that has led me to where I am today. In April of 2011, my gastro Doctor diagnosed me with a condition known as GAVE (gastric antral vascular ectasia) aka…
Prostate Cancer Post RP rising PSA
What are you thoughts on these rises? Is this an aggressive rise? Should we be concerned? 06/11/2012 2.40 11/30/2010 1.51 03/26/2010 1.51 06/11/2009 1.4 01/29/2008 1.20 08/26/2008 1.13 05/12/2008 0.71 03/31/2008 0.60 02/08/2008 0.46 01/02/2008 0.84 11/27/2007 surgery Robotic prostatectomy and meatal Gleason 3+4 (7) Cancer…
Dr. Sara Conley, Kaiser - Santa Clara
Dr. Conley, surgeon, is listed as new to Santa Clara as of 2012. Anyone have any thoughts on her expertise?
Latest PSA results please help
My latest PSA result was 0.2. This figure is up from <0.1 three months ago. My record is as follows; Nov. 2011 PSA 42 Dec 2011 TURP Jan 2012 IMRT + 3 month Hormone injection Feb. 2012 IMRT finished April 2012 PSA <0.1 (no more HT) July 2012 PSA 0.2 The lab can not measure PSA to more than 1 decimal point. Theoretically my…
CyberKnife Basic questions
Dual Post ... CyberKnife.com and CSN.cancer.org My friend has just been diagnosed with intermediate low level PCa 3+4=7, 0.2 involvement, one of twelve cores positive,(confirmed by an expert second opinion), had a rising PSA, high PCA3, MRI with Tesla 3.0 shows various suspicious lesions, one at 2.0 CM. No extracapsular…
Treatments
If we were looking at this as an effort to cure our disease then it seems like a big failure. I keep reading about all of us being treated by different HT's chemo, but it seems to me that there is no common thread. They treat HIV with a combo of drugs, they treat bone loss with a drug, mental illness with a drug; but…
Reoccurance of Prostate Cancer after Brachytherapy
I am 53 years old and had brachytherapy in 2/2010. My PSA rose to 4.5 and had new biopsy completed a couple of weeks ago, which showed risidual cancer with a gleason of 6. I am now researching my options for treatment. I would be interested in hearing from others who have been in my situation and learning what treatment…
A General Note on PSA Screening for my Oncologist
During the PSA era, prostate cancer mortality in the USA has dropped 41% and the percentage of men being diagnosed with metastatic (incurable disease)has dropped 75%. The United States Preventative Services Task Force "USPSTF" suggests evaluation and biopsies be considered when men develop symtoms of prostate cancer. Every…
Prostate Cancer Surgery Shows No Benefit For Many Men
July 18, 2012 View and comment on NPR.org Finally, the results from a decades-long study that compared surgery for prostate cancer to careful monitoring have been published. Overall, the researchers found no difference in rates of death from any cause, including prostate cancer, among men who had their prostates surgically…
PSA RISING
PLEASE RESPOND My recent blood test result went up to 0.35 from 0.28. Does this mean the hormone drug (FIRMAGON) has reached it's limit? IS the CANCER returning? I don't see my urologist for several days--PLease give me your thoughts. I'm scared--should I ASK to switch drugs???? Radiation Hopeful
Results
Hello everyone. another four months has passed and got the recent psa results back today. psa has dropped from .9 to .5 It is still dropping which is excellent news. seeing the doc again in four months. wish everyone well here.
Finally hitting me...
Hi All - nothing to ask - just something to get off my chest. Have a Radical Open Prostectomy sheduled for next Monday. Thought I had a handle on everything, but guess I was wrong. Not sure why but it all hit me this morning and although I know being nervous doesnt help anything, I can't shake this feeling of dread and…
PSA rising again after Radical Prostectomy in Nov 2009
Hello I'm new to this board & would appreciate any advise that might be useful as the fight goes on :) Thanks in advance for your time. I'm a 59 yr old otherwise healthy man that had surgery in Nov 2009 on my prostate after being diagnosed with cancer - Gleason 3+5=8 Adenocarcinoma - acinar type, capsular invasion - level…
AS Clinical Trial
Has any one heard of or have an opinion on the Nymox's U.S. Phase 2 Clinical Trial of NX-1207 for localized T1c prostate cancer ? It's an intraprostatic injection of NX-1207 of 0 ( control), 2.5 or 10 mg and f/u over various time intervals. It's an NCI sponsored Study recruiting patients who are currently on AS. I believe…

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