Don't waste your time or money on a 1.5T MRI. I've had both a 1.5 T and a 3T. The 1.5T came out with nothing and having a rectal probe up your ass for an hour is not fun. No probe with a 3T and it...
With a G9 and extra capsular extension, and lymph node involvement I would think a 25% cure rate to be very optistic....
Clock, Surgery to the hand are the most painful surgeries because of all the nerve endings in the hand....
2019 guy, No need to get another opinion as Bhan is the best around in what he does, find cancer. Having dealt with both Bahn and Scholz in my 10 year journey, Scholz will take Bahn's opinion as the...
7 year old post. Sometimes old posts just appear....
I've been monitoring psa thru my PCP on my annual lab work ups for 10 years. If I see it rising I'll go to a pc specialist....
8 is not a high psa....
Why in the world would he move to Ca? Everyone I know is moving away from here....
I would get another MRI. I went 10 years going through what you are. Transition zone tumors throw off high psa. They are difficult to find with a biopsy....
For some background on Terry Heibert, YANA's founder, Terry founded the site after being Dxed with G7 cancer and refused to treat it. He lived for many years and unfortunately died from it a few...
That's why all serious studies have a blind control group for both the patients and researchers. Placebos work for a good reason. You may feel better with a diet, but there is a significant chance it...
Both of your doctors are well known and are considered experts in their fields. You couldN't have picked better doctors. Now you have to pick one. Surgery and brachytherapy are almost equal, but...
There is a good reason why it has been discontinued in Europe and Japan. It is also the only treatment option in which risk of reoccurrence increases with time....
It's not breast cancer but all cancers that are treated differently than PC. In PC the diagnosis and treatment recommdation is done by a urologist and not an oncologist like other cancers. The Uros...
Don't even think of cryosurgery. Highest rate of impotence and incontinece than any treatment. If you are afraid of inclosed spaces then look at HDR or LDR brachytherapy. Better yet delay all...
Try it. If it hurts then stop....
A patient has to take responsibility for managing his own treatment, especially follow up testing. I don't see any reason that salvage radiation is off the table as long as the cancer is still...
We all want to make our own health decision when we are older, but we act is if it is zero cost and that there are no downsides. Our health care costs are 17% of GDP, higher than any other industrial...
Fairwind, I hope you are right about the VA changing. I've been dealing with them for 50 years. I noticed a steep decline starting about 10 years ago. Too much bureaucracy and simple processes become...
I had LDR brachytherapy with external radiation. Not much difference between LDR and HDR as to effectiveness and symptoms. No side effects after 10 years and psa less than .05 Doubt I would have have...
Some things to know about psa doubling time. ALL cancers have to double 44 times from inception to death. Diagnosis is usually made at about 30 doublings. Psa post treatment is an accurate way to...
Write block, ADT weakens bones, has negative cardiac effects, affects mental functions, weakens muscles, causes fatiege, causes breast enlargement. These are not trivial for a 92 year old. Unless...
And people ask why our health care costs are so high. ADT will not prolong his life. It will more likely cause comorbidities that will shorten his life. Why is he even getting a psa test at 92....
Todd, Hoping for the best for you. It' been a long journey....
Breast enlargement is a known SE. Femera and other Meds will eliminate that. Expect loss of libido and hot flashes....
BBQ, You are getting a lot of good advice. You barely have cancer, and many doctors would be very hesitant to treat what you have as the cure would be much worse than the disease. Find a good Uro...
Don't take the Lupron. A few months of Casodex and proscar will reduce your prostate by 50%, the same as Lupron with about 1/3 the side effects. My RO wanted to do the same thing. My oncologist...
Billy, I've had preminations like that thousands of times, and they never came true. The ones that never happen, you forget. The ones you rember are the ones that came true, only because they are so...
If Bostwick labs gave you a 2nd opinion you are good as gold. Not nessasery to get another opinion....
psa is not a test for prostate cancer. There are many things that can influence psa, infection, large prostate and prostate cancer. You cannot tell anything from one psa reading, A slow steady upward...
Halbert, I totally agree with you. One of my main interests is in how the brain works. Research has shown that we believe first, then rationalize facts to support those beliefs. The mind rarely...
The problem is that a lot of science becomes political or ideological and is used to promote an agenda. It is difficult to determine which science is real. There was a group of concerned scientists...
Mel,get well! We miss your witty posts....
This is not just an issue in medicine, but in all areas. 46% believe in ghosts, 45% in alien abductions. Beliefs are difficult to change. MRI experiments show that when a person is presented with...
Emory is excellent for treatment. Dattolli in Sarosata would be a good guy to get an opinion from. You can get treatment from someone close, but getting an opinion from someone with his experience...
A Gleason 10 is rare and nothing to fool around with. 1st step is get pathology confirmed by Epstien as others have mentioned. Surgery is probably your worst option at this point. Combo radiation,...
F8, We all pay, either through out of pocket, payments to insurance companies or taxes. 17% is our total medical costs divided by GDP. Both are well known and accurate. Some individuals pay $0, and...
Our medical costs are 17% of GDP. There is no system, private or public that can work under this cost structure. Most industrial countries are in the 7 to 10% range. All our effort is concentrated on...
Are you taking FlowMax? It will help with urination and burning. I had 65 seeds. You should ask another brachytherapy doctor to review your case. A urologist should have been present and also a CT...
You are doing the right thing and she will appreciate it. My wife's best friend's husband died of lung cancer after a year of treatment. She didn't even have his bank account numbers and had to hire...
Being offended by a post says more about you than the poster. Information is not offensive. It is either useful or not useful. If not useful to you then discard it....
You cannot make generalized statements about these studies. You must compare apples to apples. A G6 will have far different reoccurrence rates than a G9. Clinical staging is far different than post...
Your RO should have at least 250 cases of prostate cancer under his belt. If less than that get another one. The more experience the better....
The immediate drop was most likely due to ADT. ADT needs to get out of his system before he can get a good reading....
Someone had psa tested daily for 30 straight days. It varied each day and the variation was 20%. Psa varies by time of day, by season and in response to minor infections. The only time psa can be use...
This is a 5 year old post...
There are only two possibilities, prostitis or an undiscovered transition zone tumor. If psa keeps rising at a steady rate then a TZ tumor should be suspected. If psa jumps around after antibiotics...
NBC new summarized a study published in the New England Medical Journal that said for healthy people over 70 there was no discernible benefit from taking aspirin. No reduction in cardiac deaths,...
I had combo BT/RT 10 years ago. No long term SEs at all. Short term, frequent and burning urination, loose stools. Lasted during treatment and about 4 weeks after treatment. Very tolerable and did...
Billy, Tim Wilson is very good as is Ahlering at UC Irvine. For a G9 I would look at better treatments than surgery, like combo brachytherapy /IMRT which has a better record than surgery for G9. I...