HealingWell
Search Close Search
☰

PSA over 400

Support Forums
>
Prostate Cancer
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply
❬ ❬ Previous Thread |Next Thread ❭ ❭
Posted 3/11/2009 4:13 PM (GMT 0)
 

My wifes uncle just had his PSA done 2 weeks ago and it was over 400. He is 63 years old and had never had one before (careless doctor). He had a bone scan done and there is cancer in alot of different spots in his body. His urinologist has told him he needs to take hormone therapy. The doctor said if he took hormone therapy it would prolong his life anywhere from 2 months to 2 years. Anyone have any advice that I could give to this man to help him. I have told him to come to our website here for some support, but he`s one of those people who never uses a computer or sees the value. Any help would be appreciated

Fred

Posted 3/11/2009 4:29 PM (GMT 0)
nono  No Stats on how long he might live - the plan would be to get him started on HT - and stop the cancer from growing in his bones and elsewhere.  The HT should give him several good years or more - after he becomes HT Resistant - there are other treatment choices.  Yes he needs to put his ducks in a row.
Posted 3/11/2009 8:47 PM (GMT 0)
The urologist seems a little pessimistic mentioning a 2 month figure. As a first step he should consult with a specialist in medical oncology rather than just the uro guy. there are many cases of higher PSA cases with bone mets living for many years after diagnosis. Get him to have a look at the higher PSA men on the yananow site as linked here.
www.yananow.net/Chart-PSA1020.htm#20
I wish him well with his treatment.
Bill
Posted 3/11/2009 10:27 PM (GMT 0)
Hey, Check out my signature. I am almost 3 years into this crap and doing well. God is good. I stand on psalms 103. Hormone treatment can give lots of time. Todd
Posted 3/11/2009 11:24 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Fred,

Although I agree that starting hormone therapy is the thing to do at this point, your wife's uncle should engage a medical oncologist, preferably one specializing in genitourinary cancer.

Urologists are by trade surgeons. A medical oncologist's training is concentrated on things at the cellular level and treatments that effect those cells. A medical oncologist is the best person to direct treatments that may include surgery, radiation, hormone therapy, or chemotherapy. At this point it is really beyond the expertise of a surgeon.

I think it's a little early to apply a time frame to longivity. I was told my prognosis was poor 10 years ago and I still call that doc an idiot.

I wish him the best,

Dave
Posted 3/12/2009 2:37 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Fred,
A gentle reminder about the Charles Myers book is warranted here. "Beating Prostate Cancer:Hormonal Therapy and Diet"

This book has several case studies of guywith PSA's in the thousand plus range and it has some great advice to follow. We have a good few members here who have been around the block with PSA's in the hundreds. The importance of staying positive is real. I think his doctor has good intentions in recommending the use of hormonal therapy, though I wish doctors would stop putting caps on things. The fact is that I can reference several stories of guys living many years with PSA's in the hundreds or even thousands including our good friend Todd who posted above.

I hope you are well, and staying well. Time to pass it along!

Tony
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply