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Many drugs are doomed to fail from the beginning; a Darwin’s Principle
For the many concerned with the hormonal treatment, I decided to add this thread because I think it to be important in the context of the modality “continuous VZ intermittent”, which was discussed in Ira’s previous thread “Intermittent Hormone Therapy Fails the Test”; (http://csn.cancer.org/node/241249). Surely my…
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Zytiga and great result
I just got back from MD Anderson, ran CT, Bone scan, blood test. Tumor's hard to find, bones are clear and psa holding at 0.3. While in waiting room with other Vet's and found they had just started Zytiga and having the same result. Found why my blood count was going down, because of diabetes medicine. Small test my doctor…
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Interstim for Incontinence
Has anyone had the interstim implanted? What were your results? I have and overactive bladder and all other treatments have not worked. 6 Years incontinent--4 pads a day---can't believe there's nothing out there that will work. My Doc even said I could give the Interstim a shot, but after that, since no mnedication has…
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Did anyone hear about Curcumin treatment for PCa
My father is CRPC and is on secondary hormone treatment - but in advanced stage with PSA >100 and bone mets . One of my friends has suggested , Curcumin (turmeric) based treatment for his PCa - any idea on side effects and reliability ?
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High PSA after prostatectomy? Please read.
Re-posting for my Dad: I recently(3/21/12) had a prostatectomy via the daVinci method and all went well. My recovery was good, all post op biopsies were good with cancer contained in prostate and lymph nodes were clear. Last week I returned for the 3 mo checkup. PSA was taken prior to visit and the results were…
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Has anyone had success with penile pump?
I had radical prosatectomy March 2009. I have tried Viagra and Cialis with no success. The penile injection sounds like it would kill the mood. I am 63 and wish I could have intercourse with my wonderful wife of 38 years like we used to. Bless her, she is understanding and told me that we have had a great 35 year sexlife…
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low PSA and gleason - what's next?
low PSA 4.2; 24 biopsies with 1 core small focus (<1 mm) of adenocarcinoma; gleason 2+3 (56 y.o. good health)- thoughts?
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Colonoscopy wait time
Does anyone have a suggestion or knowledge as to the minimum time to wait for a routine colonoscopy following IMRT/BT? My prostate treatments were in the later part of 2011 and I was due for a colonoscopy in January 2012. I decided to postpone it so soon after treatments. Will one year be enough of a time lag to feel safe…
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impotence prostrate cancer
Hi although I've been a member for several months second post. I have a question that I haven't seen answered. I had my prostrate removed December 12 2011.I am 67 and in good health . My geason score was 6 3+3.They had caught the cancer early with only 5% of my prostrate had cancer. The question I have ,presently I am on…
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Tesla 3 endrorectal MRI Locations
Does anyone know where in the US a T3 MRI machine is located that does endorctal prostate imaging and has done it for a while?
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prostate cancer with cyberknife treatment any long term side effects after six months or a year invo
has anyone who has had cyberknife radiation had any longterm side effects involving nerves
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PSA and Hormone Therapy (confusion)
I am going for my 2nd PSA test in two weeks time. I was hoping that its results would indicate how I'm faring after my IMRT. However I now understand that the results may not give me any indication since I had hormone therapy during and after IMRT treatment and that I will have to wait until the effects of the hormone wear…
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Diet, Supplements, Exercise, etc.
The Healingwell Forum contained a thread that supplied a link to a pamphlet (102 pages) titled "Challenging Prostate Cancer, Nutrition, Exercise and You". It was put together by the folks at Princes Margaret Hospital, Canada. Guys just starting to look at the positive effects of Diet and Exercise on their PCa may find this…
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Update
Diagnosed in Jan 2006, DiVinci Feb 2006. Impotent, no real incontinence (impotency started long before the cancer just got worse) PSA is still under .01, my health is just fine and I live a full life. The robot may not be for all, it was new when I did it and other things have since come along. I have no regrets for my…