Jerry, I've read your story and the many comments, and I disagree. When PSA comes back after years of ADT3 this is prove that ADT falls short of being an effective cure.. You may still wait for a...
Hi Geop: Fantastic drop indeed. However, I suggest you take this with a pinch of salt. Ht on first application always results in an impressive drop in PSA. This, however, does not mean the equivalent...
Hi:- Thanks for your encouraging comments. Extensive research on TRT has been done by Dr. Edward Friedman, his findings having been published in his book "How You and Your Doctor can Fight Breast...
Thank you, Tall Allen, for your posting. Let me just cite what Pat Walsh has to say about early chemotherapy: "Such is the transformation of chemotherapy for prostate cancer in recent years. It used...
Hi:- I did some reading on the subject and came across Dr. Edward Friedman's book "How You and Your Doctor can Fight Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer and Alzheimer's". He holds the view that it is not...
Hi Armando. From my experience and observations I would confirm what Peter has said, For a couple of days I had blood in the urine und an uneasy feeling in the area. This is the usual and can always...
Hi fellows. Please calm down and don't dramatise things. First I would like to say that, the PSA being around 4.5, with obviously little velocity, YouMe's husband will have ample time for more...
Hi Jerry. No, sorry, haven't heard of any. In the light of current treatment the idea really is avant-garde. Reinardo...
Hi Jerry. This is not chemotherapy before HT. This is about HT combined with chemotherapy, metastatic cancer only, at a time when patient is still hormone-sensitive. See link in first posting, Kate...
Hi Tony:- Thank you for the posting. I`m delighted but not surprised. 17 months increase in survival being just statistical median one can expect even better results in at least half the cases. HT as...
Hi, Jerry L. Your questions were "When was later?" and "How long did it play a role in lenghtening your PSAD?" My readings were 05/15/2007 6,09 08/06/2007 5,89 12/20/2007 6,91 05/29/2008 5,71...
Hello:- One should not overrate the effect and usefulness of pomegranate. When I started on pomegranate extract my PSAD lenghthened for some time equal to what the various studies usually come up...
Nice to meet you here. On diagnosis you kept your cool and didn't jump at hard core treatment, didn't over-react. Nor did I. Do you do anything supplementary like changing diet, food additives or so?...
TSREDDY. There is incongruity in the diagnostic data which makes it difficult to truly assess the situation of your Dad and come up with advice for proper treatment. With PSA =8 and gleason 3+3 one...
The most common side effect of ordinary biopsies is bleeding. Cancer cells will surely leave the prostate gland getting into the blood stream, but chances for metastasies are considered negligable....
Being on AS the problem discussed here does not really concern me but I wish to point out to people who suffer from ED that they should not hesitate to consider an implant to deal with the problem....
Hi everybody. With great interest I followed the discussion because the matter concerns me. When I was diagnosed in 2001 I had PSA = 8.9 gleason 2+3 = 5, bone scan negative. So I would have matched...
Hello JohnT and TC-Las Vegas:- I very much like your views but I agree with mjluke that patients who had surgery or radiation don't like the idea. Nor do urologists (having had their training in...
Hello medved:- If I was you I would focus not on detection but on prevention of PC. That you have already got cancer is very unlikely viewing your PSA. There surely exists the hereditary element but...
Hello, bingo. PSA staying above zero or starting to rise soon after RP suggests recurrence at distant sites. So, salvage radiation had little chance of success right from the beginning. Hormone...