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Prostate Cancer

Beware of Chondroitin Sulfate
malecare® Men fighting cancer together. Prostate Cancer, Support Groups and Prostate Cancer Treatment Chondroitin Sulfate for Relief of Osteoarthritis Symptoms in Prostate Cancer Patients By Charles “Snuffy” Myers, MD information last updated on May, 2005 Patients often use chondroitin sulfate in combination with…
Could Hair Loss at 20 Signal Higher Prostate Cancer Risk?
Well I am not sure about this one since most guys I know with PCa have a full set of hair...but then again anything is possible... http://www.pcf.org/site/c.leJRIROrEpH/b.6575059/k.5EE4/Could_Hair_Loss_at_20_Signal_Higher_Prostate_Cancer_Risk.htm
Is US making less progress than other countries in HT as a prime treatment of Prostate cancer?
Japan says yes. According to a citation from a detailed Japanese study published in ASCO’s Journal of Clinical Oncology, patients in Japan are more often treated with hormonal therapy than in the USA, and the reasons behind are due to doctor’s “choice” rather than in view of the characteristics of the patient’s disease.…
News on 5-ARI for newly diagnosed Low Risk Prostate Cancer
Here are good news from the European Urology published online 25 January 2011. This is from the world’s leading publisher of science and health information, Elsevier, based in Amsterdam, probably the most recognized reliable source of medical information in the world. The news relate to a study named “The Use of…
Husband just diagnosed - just wondering
My husband was just diagnosed with Stage I prostate cancer. PSA is 4.9 and Gleason score is 6. After meeting with urological surgeon and urology oncologist, he has decided to go with the IMRT treatment. I'm a member of the Anal Cancer and Colorectal Cancer discussion board here. I had Stage I anal cancer and I had the IMRT…
Another article on chondroitin sulfate
Prostate Cancer & Chondroitin 05/16/07 Chondroitin is a safe and effective dietary supplement for most people; however, men who have prostate cancer or those at high risk of the cancer, may need to think twice before taking it. Several studies have reported a link between chondroitin sulfate and the spread of prostate…
Interseting article from John's Hopkins
(800) 829-0422 www.johnshopkinshealthalerts.com | Johns Hopkins Health Bookstore | Email this to a friend Quality of Life After Cancer Treatment: What the Research Shows Treatments for localized prostate cancer have the potential to decrease a man's quality of life. But this tends to improve over time, according to a study…
Testosterone Replacement Therapy
Hi everyone. I would like to thank all of you who have supported me without your knowledge. I have been a member since Jan of 2010 but for one short post have not contributed since. Though I have read your posts on a weekly basis. Thank you for your courageous sharing and the depth and breadth of your knowledge. I had a RP…
Biopsys
I am a 65 yr old man with 3 biopsy in the last 6 years. In 2006 Clean,in 2008 hot w/gleason score of 6 in 2010 clean. One Dr. says sugery one says I should watch and wait.My PSA has been stable over the past two years from 3 to 4. Anyone out there with a neg. reading after a posative.
Is this a major Issue?
Is this normal? I had a RRP six weeks ago and things were going along as well as can be expected. Dripping and using 4 or 5 pads a day. The other day I woke up with a pretty strong stream and then almost nothing the whole entire day. I would go to urinate, 3 drops would come out and when I tried to kind “force” the rest, I…
Slow Growth? NOT Always.... Don't wait too long, here is why
As a bit of background, I'm a guy who got annual physicals. After my physical in '08 my doc said, "Hey your PSA is up slightly (2.9) lets do it agian in 6 mos." I waited 6 mos between PSA tests and I was at 4.8. "Get a biopsy" the Doc told me. Hmm, I thought, well it's a slow growing type of cancer and I have a bunch of…
Obtaining 2nd opinion for biopsy
What is the best lab to get a second opinion for prostate biopsy? What is the protocol? Do I ask my urologist to send out the core sample slides to a lab of my choice or do I get the core sample slides from my urologist and send them out myself?
Need some help, please
I have recently joined CSN after reading many posts over the past 4 weeks. It certainly appears that although nobody really wants to be part of this group that it’s like everybody is your friend and that you try and help each other. I find it very heart warming. I was diagnosed with PC in September. Gleason score 3+4=7 PSA…
Artificial sphincter
Today the Dr. told me the only help for my non-stop incontinence would be a Artificial sphincter. Does anyone have any pro's or con's on this. It has been 18 months since prostate removal and constant leaking.
embarrsing question
I was hesitant to ask for any info because it seems a trivial matter, I had an open rp on jan2 and after 12 days catherer was removed , I did have some swelling on my groin , to be blunt sorry guys my balls , and after wearing pads and mens diapers , for the first two weeks , I think that caused my skin to get raw and red…
One Year PSA
January 21, 2011 was one year post op. PSA test results today, still at Less than .01
testosterone and prostate cancer
I posted the following on another and recieved one reply of which I am confused. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jimmy Posted: Thursday, February 24, 2011 8:30 AM I have read that taking saw palmetto supplements is both good and bad for PCa. It is suppossed to reduce the…
How To Keep Moral Up
I was diagnosed with pc in October 2008, Gleason 7 (3+4), PSA 12 and had the surgery on Nov 11, 2008. The surgeon said the cancer had not spread but unfortunately it had and it showed up on a PSA test the following September. I had 39 radiation treatments starting January 2010 and had one year of Lupron shots starting…
Age 70 -- and it's decision time
Wow, could I use some advice and words of wisdom. I'm 70, diagnosed two weeks ago with prostate cancer. The basic stats are PSA 7.8, Gleason 3+4=7, stage T2a, with (ouch!) perineural invasion. So it looks like the cancer probably has gotten outside the prostate. I'm in good health and very active. Probably good for another…
New diagnosis
I have been having PSA test done each year since 2003 when my father passed away from the disease. I think he had it for many years before and lived until almost 80. My PSA has fluctuated between 2.1 and 5.4 with a recent score of 4.9. I was biopsied in 2003 and it was negative. My urologist did a recent biopsy and found…
Polyphenols in Red Wine and Green Tea Halt Prostate Cancer Growth, Study Suggests
I love my red wine and green tea... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100609171802.htm "In what could lead to a major advance in the treatment of prostate cancer, scientists now know exactly why polyphenols in red wine and green tea inhibit cancer growth. This new discovery, published online in The FASEB…
PSA spike
Last July I had a robotic radical prostatectomy. My biopsy showed a Gleason 9 but post-surgery pathology showed a Gleason 7. I had extraprostatic extension but negative margins. Lymph nodes and seminal vesicles were also negative. I was very happy. Post surgical PSA was 0.1. 3 month PSA was 0.16. 6 month PSA was 0.87! Wow!…
Detectable PSA 13 months after RK
Short History: PSA jumped to 16.9 from previous test of about 6. Oct. 2009 biopsies showed cancer in one section of 1 of 12 samples. Previous biopsy showed nothing about March 2008. RP Thanksgiving of 2009, Gleason upgraded to 9 from 8 after surgery, was in the margins. Had pulmonary embolismims in both lungs about a week…
Help with my new AMS 800 AUS
Ok, I got this thing 1/11/11 and I was activated a little over a week ago. Great at first but later that day I got a burning pain in the area where the cuff is, sorta feels like putting a catheter in but not that bad. The pain came back the next day in the pm and now i have that same pain on an off all day. The first two…
anyone have cryosurgery?
Hello, I am new here and looking for some info I cant seem to find on the web. My Father was diagnosed 3 years ago and had cryosurgery. Yesterday he found out his PSA is back up to 5.3. Which is where it was when he initally had the surgery. He is going in for a biopsy on March 3rd. I am trying to find out the recurrence…
Results of Biopsy
Hi, I know that my Dad should have been told a gleason score, he may have been but doesn't remember it. All he remembers from his shocking call was that he has "mixed cells". Can anyone shed some light on what this means??? Thank you in advance.
Round two with Ecoli infection from marker placement.
As I posted previously, I became septic and positive for Ecoli after having my markers placed for my CK treatments. The Cipro and other anibiotics failed to do their job. After seven days, I was discharged from the hospital with a seven day supply of Bactrim to complete the treatment. As it worked out, I should have had a…
Cancer Recurrence After RP
Here is probably the best advice for fellows confronting recurrence after RP. This is a video from Dr. Charles “Snuffy” Myers, one of the best oncologist on PCa, posted last February 9, 2011. You can also find here his opinion on other issues of prostate cancer.…
8 years post Radical Surgery and 39 radition treatments
I am 8 years out from surgery and raditiion. After radition my psa undetectable >.001. Thne in Jan 2011 my annual check up my PSA was .02 and I just had another PSA last week which was .02! Now what do I do wait for the 6 month check up or get a PSA at 3 months. Thanks Jim
What We Talk About In The CSN Prostate Cancer Forum
While sitting through a mind numbing 3-hour conference call this morning with colleagues from the East Coast, I kept myself amused by going back through roughly a year’s worth of postings on the ACS Prostate Cancer Forum to try to determine what it is we specifically talk about. I looked at over 6,000 postings in…

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