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Posted 8/19/2014 12:20 PM (GMT 0)
see www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/melbourne-research-gives-breakthrough-hope-on-men-avoiding-prostate-surgery/story-fni0fit3-1226949807756

if you have difficulty with the first URL, try this one:
www.prostatehealth.org.au/melbourne-research-gives-breakthrough-hope-on-men-avoiding-prostate-surgery/

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Posted 8/19/2014 12:28 PM (GMT 0)
Good article. Since my diagnosis in 2008 I have been frustrated by the inability of the medical community to characterise the disease or to provide reliable location of metastasis. This discovery along with new imaging techniques should go a long ways towards more accurate diagnosis and prognosis. Given the snails pace of adapting this sort of information it may be a long time coming too.

Thanks for posting the article.

Don
Posted 8/20/2014 2:27 PM (GMT 0)
Don,

its Interesting information.

Its still early days, but if these protein markers are good indicators then the speed of PSA change and Gleason score might not be the final arbiter in defining the type of Cancer Intervention. if, as the author suggests, the proteins are a better indicator, then having a higher Gleason score might not be sufficient reason for aggressive intervention; rather watchful weighting might become the norm for those without the proteins.

If I had known this information, I would have asked my lab to check for this protein in my biopsy specimen and I might have opted for a different intervention.

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