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Prostate Cancer

Update from Lewvino
I had my first check up following my radiation treatments and I am back in the 0 club! They will recheck in six months and then hopefully if 0 I get to go back to yearly testing. For anyone new on the forum I'm including my 5 year history since diagnosis. lewvino Age 59 / age at diagnosis 54, PSA 5.1 Robotic surgery…
Gleason 6: Active Surveillance or Surgery
In my opinion this discussion is well presented by "Snufy" Myers http://askdrmyers.wordpress.com/2014/04/09/gleason-6-active-surveillance-or-surgery/
In the dark
had a bout with lung and back of tounge cancer in 2011.In Jan. of this year DX with prostrate cancer 1 core @5% Gleason score 3-4 PSA TURP procedure done Jan.19 Bladder stones removed and prostrate shaved. No biopsy of bladder PEP scan and CT scans are clean with no sign of tumors or cancer.The cancer in prostrate is high…
Raising PSA after 1st Lupron Shot?
I apologize if I posted twice. Not sure how to post on this list... So I'm going to start with Here. I was diagnosed with PCa 1999, Baseline PSA 4.6, Surgery to remove prostate 7-15-99, Gleason 3+4=7. one year later salvage radiation. When my PSA started to slowly again eight years ago my oncologist that specializes in PCa…
Anyone been involved with the Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment??
Hi All, Hope you're all doing well. Has anyone tried the program at the Block Center? Or do you know of anyone that has? We are in Canada and considering coming down for a consultation. Any information would be much appreciated. Thanks so much. Kyla
Small cell prostatic cancer
After experiencing perineal pain in August 2012 and being treated eight months chiefly with antibiotics for prostatitis, I was finally biopsied March 2013 with both adeno (Gleason 9) and much rarer (<200 cases/year in the US) small cell prostatic cancers. I have subsequently undergone traditional cisplatin/etoposide…
Another newbie joins the ranks
Hello in there. I feel as though I'm walking into a meeting hall where people shuffle in one door, mingle for some time, and eventually leave at the other end. I'm 69 years old, otherwise healthy, recently diagnosed with Gleason 8, stage 1c and a recommendation for prompt surgical prostatectomy to 'nip it in the bud'. My…
New Here.... Hello....
Fathers Son here, My dad was just told his PSA was 30. In 2008 his PSA was 11 and did a biopsy with negative results. He never new he was suppose to follow up on anything. He does see his Doctor 3 times a year for blood work for his sugar. I don't know if the Doctor was watching this all along, or just caught it because of…
Treatment options for Gleason score 4+3
My friend had Gleason score 4+3 on 2 cores with 20% & 85% involvement and Perineural invasion. I would appreciate if you can advise whether it can be treated with robotics surgery or open surgery/radiation would be better as it showed Perineural invasion on his path report? His PSA was 6 - 8 within the last year. Thanks a…
planned maintenance for CSN this morning
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E D AND THE SINGLE MAN ???
Is there any help out there for ED and the single guy. Everything that i have read so far is the married guy with his wife or the gay guy with his partner. How about the single guy how does he get into a meaning relationship. Do you say buy the way when it comes to sex we may have a problem. Very hard to get an erection or…
Dietary patterns and prostate cancer risk study
Nutrient-based dietary patterns and prostate cancer risk: A case-control study from Italy - Abstract Published on 11 March 2014 PURPOSE: The role of various foods and nutrients, and their combinations, on prostate cancer risk remains largely undefined. We addressed therefore the issue of complex dietary patterns.…
Lupron Effectivity?
I was diagnosed with Prostate cancer in Dec. '09. I had 40 external beam radiation treatments and Lupron Depot shots for 2 years and then I stopped them. Two years later, PSA is back up and I restarted the Lupron shots last January. Urologist told me that they are normally only effective for 1-1/2 to 2 years and then the…
IMRT+ Brachytherapy vs. Proton Beam Therapy
It is decision time, and the only two choices to make the cut so far are the combination of IMRT (IGRT)+ Brachytherapy or Proton Beam Therapy (PBT). PBT looks so good and clean, and my insurance will cover it, but it is impossible to find more than one long-term cure rate study (which isn't that great) and long-term side…
Custom-Fit Treatments for Prostate Cancer
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Need help with biopsy
Urolgist gave me some bad news, said removal of bladder and prostate needed to be done. REPORT of condition: INFILTRATIVE HIGH GRADE UROTHELIAL CARCINOMA.I have read this is a very common bladder cancer. At the age of 79 I question the outcome of this type of surgery.No C-T scans done as yet to determine the grade or…
casodex side effects
As previously posted my Doctor put me on casodex 50mg daily because I have a "recurrence" after IMRT. I was to try this medicine for one month and see if my PSA went down. After about a week of taking casodex I started terrible stomach pains, diahrea and nausea. So I have to stop taking it. It seems not only HT but now…
Best treatment for sparing nerves
Is robotic surgery the best hope for sparing nerves? Does radiation nuke the nerves along with the prostate?
new diagnosis
We are in the midst of deciding what direction to go. My husband (57) had a PSA of 4.6 with DRE showing non-smooth borders. With his biopsy 1/12 biopsies showed positive with a Gleason score of 7(3+4), 12% and 1/12 had HGPIN. The other 10 areas were B9. The urologist encourages DaVinci surgery and discourages any CT or MRI…
Xofigo vs Xtandi
My husband is one of the blessed ones with prostrate cancer. He is a retired Medical Doctor, 73 years old now, diagnosed with prostrate cancer in 1999. He opted for the removal of his prostrate, then had radiation. He was doing fine, he was doing everday things like mowing, fixing things around the house and etc. I am 63…
Cheaper, more aggressive prostate cancer treatment may also be riskier
Guys trying to chose between SBRT and IMRT may find the following study helpful: http://news.yale.edu/2014/03/10/cheaper-more-aggressive-prostate-cancer-treatment-may-also-be-riskier
What happens to our previously attached sex nerves after radical prostetectomy?
Assuming the gap where the prostate existed pre-surgery eventually has other organs that squish in to fill the empty space, what happens to any nerves that were hopefully spared? That is, do they just float around? Or does the surgeon tuck them away? I am fully fucntional and still pulling zeros 3.4 years past DaVinci…
Radiation over
Update - hubby completed 38 radiation sessions on March 3. It went well with very minimal side effects. His PSA prior to radiation was 40. After radiation it is 0.1. The urologist was pretty impressed. He sees the radiation oncologist next week sometime. So, we remove forward with follow-up PSAs and hormone therapy at…
Figure I need something new to worry about....
I'm a visitor here from Lymphoma, where I have been a regular for some time (full remission, 4.5 years now). I posted here for a while last year until my friend Gary died of prostate, after a 13-year fight (his psa was 980 at the end) I would like your opinions on whether I should see a urologist. I had prostate infections…
Oncotype
I just received news from UCSF that I am a candidiate for active surveillance due to an analysis called "oncotype" by a company called Genomics. (I had a Gleason 6 (3+3) in 3 cores. ) Does anyone out there have experience with this analysis? Thanks!
turning flow on
Back on the ams 800 site someone mentioned about forgetting to turn on the flow (working the pump). Well it happens and you stand there and wait for the flow and then you remenber it isn't comming until you do your thing with the pump. I don't know why but I can no longer get on the other site any more my last post was in…
need advice please
I am hereby mentioning the case as under for your Expert Opinion Patient Name S. Satinderpal Singh (My Father age 63 at Present) diabetic but under control with insulin ( mild dosage ) Brief History A) In 2008 PSA was 55.3ng/ml ,biopsy suggestive of poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma ,Gleason Score 5+5, Bone scan was…
Sensitive PSA
Just wanted to check with some members about sensitive PSA. I am 2 1/2 years post open surgery and the first 3 test after surgery my uro did a sensitive PSA. They all came back at <0.03. After that they have been doing normal PSA test where they only go to 0.1. They all have read 0.0. He has said he would not recommend any…
Flutamide
Has anyone had a positive response with this medication? My father is on it, as he had a reaction to casodex. Just want to see what your thoughts are or if you would recommend something difference. He is advanced with bone mets and has had an orchiectomy
Pending DaVinci Surgery
My husband is getting ready for the DaVinci Surgery this coming Tuesday. I sure hope everything goes okay. He is the person I lean on.

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