I found this on drugs.com All medicines may cause side effects, but many people have no, or minor, side effects. Check with your doctor if any of these most COMMON side effects persist or become...
Wayne, I think you made the correct choice. Nerve sparing is something you may have a choice in. If your sexual nerves (they lay across the prostate) are cancerous, ask them to graft a nerve in their...
I will soon be getting casodex - anyone else use it and wish to comment? Thanks in advance. Joe...
Thank you one and all.... Joe...
Some prostate cancers are very aggressive (most are not), just so you know. I have a rare aggressive prostate cancer, went after my bladder, and my hip bone all in 2-3 months....
The incontinence will go away with time...be patient. If it is a fast growing cancer, find which from of prostate cancer it is, there is more than one type. Joe...
I had bone pain and in my case it was cancer invading my left hip bone. Once cancer was under control, the pain went away. Hope that helps. Joe...
Excerpt from tNOX blood test from that web page (http://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20060913/blood-test-for-cancer): Sept. 13, 2006 (Chicago) -- Researchers have identified a protein in the blood...
With a high gleason and a low PSA, you may have a rare fom of prostate cancer, as did I. It is called small cell adenocarcinoma of the prostate Joe Age: 58 Small cell anaplastic androgen-independent...
I had prostate cancer (gleason 9) even thought my PSA was never above 3.15; my urologist said my PSA would be 50+ except not all prostate cancers release PSA. They discovered my cancer via the DRE....
Jack, best of luck to to you...I think some sort of chemo will be used to slay the cancer. What is the pathology report, i.e. what kind of prostate cancer do you have? There are at least 4 different...
details here: http://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20060913/blood-test-for-cancer Joe...
It was gone for 2 years and now has just come back ( a small tumor in my abdominal wall) and I face surgery on 6/9 to remove it. Then I plan to go on casodex to help kill any remaining cancer cells....