In my lay opinion, I think that you could stop ADT after 18 months if you have achieved and stayed in remission levels of PSA during one whole year. This is the strategy used by famous medical...
Traveller Back in 2000 tools and techniques to diagnose PCa were not as extensive as it is today. The contrast agents for image studies in PCa cases were also not as “sophisticated”. The parameters...
Traveller58 Your story is of interest to me and I thank you for posting it. I am interested in the details regarding the bicalutamide as a monotherapy. Somehow we have similar treatment outcomes with...
John; Thanks for the added info. Allen; Thanks for the links. Your last year guidance regarding the newer examinations took me to research about those European locations, but in Europe things work...
Thanks John, I received your very informative mail. Just curious about the scope of each technique. I believe that the C11 PET/CT examination includes bone and soft tissue in the whole body. Combidex...
I also received an E-mail from Dr. Jelle Barentsz. The fact is that I contacted him last year looking for possibilities of a Combidex image study. I wanted to try locating the culprit with a positive...
Bringiton I am sorry for your diagnosis. Gleason 9 sets you at high risk for metastases and progressive cancer. Cure is difficult in these cases but doctors for young guys do recommend a stronger...
Rob and Sally’s Ted Thanks for sharing your experiences with us. I hope you both succeed in the treatment and manage to do it with quality living. Let’s hope for a reversal in Ted’s condition before...
Before starting ADT did some researches on gynecomastia and on ways to tackle it. Radiation was worrisome because of the cancer scares. Medications seemed more natural. In any case I did nothing to...
PhilC You are correct. Your PSA may become “entitled” to the term “biochemical recurrence”, reaching the 2.064 mark, but your physician may use other means before declaring “Clinical failure”. You...
Tall Allen thanks for the opinion. You always provide excellent views. I believe that the length of the effects one experience with LHRH shots is not standard but differ among patients, independently...
PhilC You are right, 2.064 would be the level of your biochemical failure. You can read this consensus at the link provided by Allen. My expression as “dirty nadir PSA” refers to values which do not...
Carlos, if you are asymptomatic and having a great time, at your age I can’t see the point in risking your present QoL. The radiation already absorbed by your local tissues places you at high risk...
Ozzy Your post is appalling. I think you doing well in going private. Get to an urologist but do not visit any one recommended at NHS. The UK National Health Service at some places is terrible. My...
PhilC I think that your question in your first post relates to worries of recurrence. However the “purified” nadir you are looking for may not be determinant in judging your present status. As...
Mr. 49 PACKARD I congratulate you for your decision in changing medications. I think that you would have done well as much with something else other than Provenge during these 14 months of PCa...
Remission levels. Congratulations...
Congratulations....
Hope you get things straighten once and for all. Radiologists should alert patients on the risks one is subject with RT. It is hard to think that in your case the error of the procedure was due to...
Charlie The answer may be with your father. A spick in PSA that great could be a cause of prostate manipulations on the day before drawing blood. Sex the night before, ********** or even riding a...
Mel (compiler) I wonder what the protocol of your SRT was. Looking into the PSA chronology the doubling has never stopped since Mar2010. The last increase at the 6 months mark is indicative of SRT...
Thanks Terry and Jim for the news and the effort in continuing the YANA’s site open. It has helped the thousands in our “boat”. It is the best “collection” of pure and sincere stories from real...
Hi Lynn You are a “fighting girl” and I like to see you so involved in the care of your father’s case. I read some of your threads and know about the events your dad has been through, in particular...
I am on the 10th-month mark of Eligard (6-month shots) which has lower the testosterone to chemical castration levels at less than 0.30 ng/ml. This low level in androgens has given me numerous side...
Houseboy You are welcome. In your next visit to the doctor you could ask still about another drug which is used in patients with bone metastases. It is called Denosumab and it seems to be less toxic...
Leroy In prostate cancer no case is equal but similar. I hope your treatment will give you a good outcome similar to Dutch. I am a believer of proton particularly at the newer thinner pencil-beams...
Houseboy Your doctor is recommending you the typical hormonal treatment on a single blockade. However, you could investigate about double and triple blockades which may be better on risk cases of...
Four years on Zeros is a mile stone in your PCa history. I hope for your next post declaring CURE. I recall hearing from Mario Einsenberg MD (JH) that "zeros" on the 5th year post RP gives 99% cure...
I would say…YES it is normal. Hot flashes are part of the menopause-like symptoms caused from the low level of testosterone in our body. The drug effectiveness may end after its half-life period but...
Thanks guys for the answers. I like your sincere comments. “Keep a close eye and be prudent in your decisions” may be the best translation for “Remission”. A number is just another “marker” which...
Fellow Survivors I have a doubt /community/emoticons/confused.gif that only you could help me to dissipate with your acknowledgement. Which PSA value is considered as REMISSION? We read about...
Here are good news from the European Urology published online 25 January 2011. This is from the world’s leading publisher of science and health information, Elsevier, based in Amsterdam, probably the...
Yes, since June 2010, there is an new methodology for measuring testosterone regarding units ng/dl or ng/ml into nmol/L (1 nmol/L is approximately 29 ng/dl). Normal T (8.4 to 28.7 nmol/L) In...
Hospices do very good job in controlling pain of advance cancer patients. I read about mmorphine used together with marijuana pills. Marijuana seems to be better than any steroids to keep pain at low...
Thanks F8, I am still gathering info on the matter for later posting my findings. I am investigating in forums in other languages (Japanese, spanish and french) but cannot get what I really want....
Thanks Arno, I will have a look on the information. Regards Baptista...
Arno Could you substantiate about TRT stopping the prostate cancer? Is there any abstract I could get about those findings (40%) ? Thanks in advance....
Waterloo, It helps alot. Thanks...
Thanks to all for the replies. There is no data in the net or even at drug-suppliers about drugs action regarding periods which I believe could help our friends on HT. I am gathering this information...
Nobody gave me a hint on my above question in HealingWell, but I am posting here a comment I received in another forum to my question. This is important for the guys looking into Intermittent...
Deidre The trigger for starting HT after RT is usually taken as a PSADT <9 months, once biochemical failure has been established (third rise of PSA after nadir). Your husband’s PSA in the signature...
Mel, For statistics the shreold is lesser or bigger than 6 months. Your case is worse but still within the less than 6 months established by Dr. Slovin (SKMCC). Sorry my mistake Regards Baptista...
Mel, Deciding on a treatment is worse than the disease to treat. Looking into your chronology (signature), your epe indicates that the cancer may have not been totally removed at surgery, but...
Hi Bob There have been many examples of prostate cancer running in the members of the same family but that may not be in all the cases. According to the Cancer Research UK, there is some evidence...
“………It sounds like, assuming I start SRT in 5 weeks or so, that I would not really know of a failure for quite awhile. Is this correct? (Say I start on March 1 and finish about April 25. When would...
Hi Mel, I like to be prepared in advance too. We do not lose anything by being educated in future probabilities. Regarding SRT and HT, you know that once recurrence is determined you could have them...
Zoladex, Prostap, Decapepty, Lupron, Eligard, Firmagon Can anyone inform me or can anyone tell me where to find data related to the period it usually takes to recover to normal testosterone levels,...
We all would like to have a bullet to stop the growth of prostate cancer cells. However, the combination of vitamin D (available only by prescription) with low doses of an over-the-counter painkiller...
Hi Schammitt Your father’s doctor is following the typical protocol for patients in his status. Radiation is only recommended if there is a benefit from its application (even if it were just to...
Hi David Before any section (one hour) I was recommended to drink enough water (500ml) to fill my bladder. The intent was to “fix” the bladder and avoid movements. It also perfects the rounds...