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Prostate Cancer

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.
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…
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…
Rising PSA after RP and Salvage Radiation
Late 2005 a biopsy of my prostate was positive for cancer. In February of 2006 I had an RP. Prior to surgery both my bone and cat scans were negative for metastatic disease. My final pathology report showed a Gleason score of 3+4=7. For a little over 2yrs following surgery, my PSA was <0.1. In May of 2008 it edged up to…
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…
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…
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…
New here - WOO-HOO. Need some insight
Hi all - I'm a 55 yr old man who was just diagnosed last Friday. My last PSA was 6 & my Gleason is 7 (3+4) w/one core out of 8 exhibiting cancer "a small amount" as the surgeon said. My father was disgnosed at age 57 - he had ignored symptoms until he could not urinate at all and had a walnut sized tumor at the time of the…
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
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…
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.
Firmagon continued...new blog from Medcomglen
Sorry I haven't been on this board since May '11 due to a technical difficulty (long story) so I'm going to try to start a newer "Firmagon continued" thread since I now have insomnia again from Firmagon. Hope Wayne is still with us! Yes, I'm still kicking and had a great run since my last 80mg. Firmagon injection in May…
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…
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…
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…
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?
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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?
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 ?
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
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…
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…
Diagnosed at 47
Recently I have been diagnosed with Prostate Cancer. I have taken steps to insure this has not spread and I have spoken with different oncologists about my options. I have opted for surgery, but I am still concerned of the effects from having it. I read about a treatment HIFU (high intensity focused ultrasound.) This…
Lupron and Proton Therapy
Lupron and Proton Therapy 6/25/12 - My question is simple. I'm trying to determine if the continuation of LUPRON (hormone therapy) beyond the completion of PROTON therapy provides enough benefit to merit doing so in spite of my experience of difficult side effects. Here are the details: Age: 67 PSA prior to treatment…
Dietary supplements; healthy or harmful
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22275325 Help Result Filters Display Settings: Abstract Send to: JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2012 Mar;36(2):159-68. Epub 2012 Jan 24. Do dietary supplements have beneficial health effects in industrialized nations: what is the evidence? Marik PE, Flemmer M. Source Department of Medicine…
groin pain
HI My husband is 52 and recently diagnosed. Unfortunately this type of cancer is not entirely new to us. Less than 2 years ago his 86 year old father died of advanced prostate cancer. My husband has been very proactive about getting regular tests and checks for PC. His Dr. assured him there was no problem. Eventually he…

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