Uro said today that if a prostate biopsy is done, then genetic testing would be done....
Got MO appointment scheduled for next Monday in the same practice as the RO. Happens that this MO was recommended by a cancer patient advocate I've been speaking with. Waiting to get SO's lung biopsy...
Goal for this coming week - Getting an MO involved in SO's case. Will need to get the PCP do a referral to a different practice than the PCP wants to use. Think an MO should be involved in the the...
Based on the results of this past Monday's Chest CT, Pulmonary is setting up a lung biopsy. I asked about doing genetic testing on the biopsy tissue but Pulmonary stated that they don't do that....
Bentnotbroken, We did the initial RO appt this past Friday. I don't feel that we are any further ahead or have a definitive course of treatment. Based on the bone scan report, the RO put in an order...
cspivak, As I don't know how familiar with Dr. Seyfried's theory, there are others in the cancer field who are now investigating metabolically supported therapies for the improvement of cancer...
Carolyn, The pathology report came back as IDC-P so that's all I can go by - not ductal. But asking about genetic testing is on my list when we meet with oncology next week. Also been doing some...
pwallace, No genomic testing recommendations at this point. How does this impact treatment? We've only seen a urologist at this point who recommended removing his prostate. Had a bone scan including...
Bentnotbroken, I truly appreciate you taking the time to answer my posts particularly when you and your husband are dealing with this same diagnosis. Thank you for the bottom of my heart for taking...
Dr. Who... My SO's surgical pathology report stated the diagnosis as "Prostatic urethral lesion transurethral resection - Intraductal carcinoma of prostate" after immunohistochemical staining was...
Bentnotbroken... Thanks for your words of support...greatly appreciated! My SO (age 75) still doesn't grasp the seriousness of his diagnosis...frustrating me to no end. I have encouraged him to...
My S.O. was just diagnosed with IDC-P last week after a June 2017 cystoscopy to remove a urethral growth located near the prostate which was seen in April 2017. Insurance/doctors issues delayed this...