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Prostate Cancer

Archives for June 2013

Any possible negative effect to PCA/psa or rectal areas with sigmoidoscopy/biopsy 2 years after IMRT
SUBJECT: Is there any risk that by having a sigmoidoscopy and biopsy during it, that there might be a negative effect on the prostate or rectal areas radiated by IMRT ? Would really appreciate your opinions or personal experiences on this topic. Here's some background info followed by my questions in the QUESTIONS section…
PSA Finally Under 1
Well, 2 years and 9 months following CyberKnife treatment i n Sep 2010 (and widely varying PSA readings since then), my PSA score has finally dropped under 1 at 0.995!!! That's only 5 1000th's under 1 but it's under 1 just the same. Here's a(nother) recap of the history of my PSA readings since I received treatment:…
New, Pricey Prostate Cancer Treatments May Be Overused: Study
TUESDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- "The use of advanced prostate cancer treatments has increased among men who arguably will derive little benefit from the expensive new technologies, a new study suggests. The use of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and robotic prostatectomy to treat prostate cancer patients at…
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Prostate Cancer CUA 2013 - Session Highlights: State-of-the-Art Lecture - Current controversies in prostate cancer managementAn educational intervention for patients on androgen deprivation therapy and their partners, "Beyond the Abstract," by Lauren M. Walker, et al.Bone scan is of doubtful value as a first staging test…
Is hormonal treatment the only way or method that works in reducing the size of the prostate?
Are there other options for reducing the prostate? I have now narrowed my procedure of choice to robotic or brachytherapy. My latest PSA is 5.39 dowm 4 points from May 2nd and about the same as it was in May of 2012. I guess that is decent news. Mcin777
Vince Flynn
One of my favorite authors has passed ... PCa. I think he was fairly young (47?), and left a young family. Terrible news. His passing got some air time on Rush's show so maybe there will be a bit of an upswing in support for PCa research, etc.
Consequences of radiation over robotic surgery
While radiation is less invasive than robotic surgery...does it open you up to other kinds of cancer down the road. I understand that it has about the same success rate as all other modes of treatment...but does it increase the risk of other kinds of cancer. Is cyber knife as good as Brachytherapy? Dr. told me that if I…
Dad's first Post-Op PSA test and results
Hello again everyone, my dad had his first post-op PSA test performed this morning, and surprisingly, they were able to get the results to us within 20 minutes instead of a week like I was expecting. Anyway, his PSA came back 0.04. Im not sure if this is good or bad, with the prostate being gone, one would think it would…
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click here to view this message online Prostate Cancer A discussion of the value and benefit of transrectal power Doppler sonography for detecting low-risk prostate cancers, "Beyond the Abstract," by J.-L. Sauvain, and E. SauvainSecondary circulating prostate cells predict biochemical failure in prostate cancer patients…
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!
I'm visiting from the colorectals, right from the close neighborhood ;) Happy Father's day to all the dads!!! Mine was weird, because I could not hold my new diagnosis back from my 15 year old daughter. We had such a good time and I felt so close, so connected to her, that not telling her felt more and more like a lie. She…
Ketogenic Diet and Fasting
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/06/16/ketogenic-diet-benefits.aspx?e_cid=20130616_SNL_Art_1&utm_source=snl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art1&utm_campaign=20130616 Has anyone experience with ketogenic diet? it has been recommended to me by a friend. It certainly has some different ideas, but the…
Making choices: surgery or radiation for aggressive prostate cancer diagnosis
I am 71 years old, very active physically (my wife and I are training to run our first half marathon within the year). We recently moved to Austin Texas. In 2005 I was diagnosed with uveal/choroid melanoma (eye cancer) and received proton treatment. Until several years ago my PSA was stable, under 1, then it rose to 1.88.…
refugee fro H&N
Today I learned that I have a very low grade prostate cancer, I have, in the past, had both larynx and early lung cancer, had chemo and radiation on the larynx in 2009 and all there is really doing well. Had a small nodule removed from my lung in 2012 that turned out to be cancerous. They found it on a one year scan for…
Please let me know which of these studies that you are interested in reading, and I will be happy to
Please let me know which of these studies that you are interested in reading, and I will be happy to post, or you can register to the site, either one is fine with me...I am happy to post the abstracts for any studies that you select Prostate Cancer ASCO 2013 - Poster: The impact of reducing the frequency of prostate…
The impact of reducing the frequency of prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing among men on active
ABSTRACT: The impact of reducing the frequency of prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing among men on active surveillance for prostate cancer Matthew R. Cooperberg, Lisa F. Newcomb, Elissa C. Brown, Shanshan Zhao, Ziding Feng, James D. Brooks, Daniel W Lin, Canary PASS Investigators University of California, San…
Side Effects, Exercise and What the Dr Won Tell You
This is sharing about side effects, exercise and things Drs do not tell you. I was CEO of a NASDAQ R and D Pharmaceutical company (GRPI), so I have some knowledge, but no medical background. First, all pharmaceutical companies (PC) exaggerate the positive effects of their drugs and minimize the negative effects. The great…
Bone mets
CuriousCurious if anyone has had any luck slowing or vanishing bone mets.friend of mine has wide spread mets from prostate cancer, diagnosed stage four 3-4 years ago. Has had many treatments and the cancer continues tospread. Getting ready for IV radiation (I assume something along the lines of Alpharadin. Has mets to…
PSA Rising After Orchiectomy
gvax trial
hello , looks like I am going through this journey once again.I am a head and neck cancer survivor from 2010. I have been diagnosed with very aggressive high risk prostate caner.gleason=4+3=7, 8/12 cores positive , psa 42. the oncologist at johns hopkins has decided I am a candidate for the GVAX study. This involves the…
Low-risk prostate cancer patients without visible tumor (T1c) on multiparametric MRI could qualify f
Low-risk prostate cancer patients without visible tumor (T1c) on multiparametric MRI could qualify for active surveillance candidate even if they did not meet inclusion criteria of active surveillance protocol - Abstract Published on 28 May 2013 0 inShare INTRODUCTION: We compared the pathologic outcomes of prostate cancer…
Please let me know which of these studies that you are interested in reading, and I will be happy to
Please let me know which of these studies that you are interested in reading, and I will be happy to post, or you can register to the site, either one is fine with me...I am happy to post the abstracts for any studies that you select Prostate Cancer ASCO 2013 - Poster: The genomic relationship among matched prostate cancer…
Active Surveillance: 34 months post diagnosis
This supplements the summary below from April, 2012. I'm continuing on AS since a 2010 diagnosis. I've had a third biopsy in Sept '12 which was virtually identical to biopsies in 2010 and 2011: 1 of 12 cores positive, 5% of tissue involved, Gleason 6. Additional PSAs have been: July '12 2.7; Feb '13 2.3. DRE normal. Will…
What does a PSA level of 600 mean ? / Gary has Passed.....
I am writing about a friend, who is 72 years old. I have had lymphoma myself, but never prostate cancer (I am currently in full remission from lymphoma), and know relatively little about prostate diesease. My friend Gary had his prostate (surgically) removed 13 years ago, and went cancer-free for 8 years. His PSA shot back…
Geason 9, recurrence?
I joined another site also, so I hope I am not boring people with the story again. Just nervous. My husband was diagnosed in 2005 with a Gleason 9, 10 of 12 positive, cores ranged form 10-100% involved. Mostly 70-90% involved. His PSA was only 5 at time of diagnosis. Treated with hormones, radiation, then a chemo study…
Gleason score of 9?
I am a fairly heathly 61 year old male who has just gotten a prostate cancer diagnosis with a Gleason Score of 9. Biopsy was done and read by very experienced staff at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Described as T2B. Bone Scan and CT scan came back negative for any mets but I know that only means…
Daddy recently diagnosed APC
Daddy just diagnosed Hi everyone, I have spent a few hours on these threads and have found some encouragment and hope here, thank you all very much. Never thought I would be saying this but sadly my daddy has been Dx with APC (advanced prostate cancer) We have only just found it has spread outside the prostate, one can…

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