Redwing57, thanks for the detailed years on PSA testing reccommendations. Not surprised at all, the wives group I'm in is seeing 2-5 men diagnosed at stage 4 in their 50s or early 60s every WEEK(!)...
Great document, and thank you Tony for all your work on it. One question, why is there nothing about quality of life related to all the long term ADT? I would think that prescribing venlafaxine for...
Neither does the full text, it's stregth is the scale. Another recent, relevant publication actually demonstrated that testosterone supplementation is protective agains recurrence:...
3+4, only EPE was microscopic bladder neck invasion, but surgeon took 12 nodes. Cleveland Clinic, not sure if it was just his protocol/routine, or if he did it due to PSA of 12-15 and 43 year old...
Re: Somatic genetic testing - My understanding is that Decipher is great post RP but once ANY ADT is in play it is no longer valid. ADT can cause the cancer to mutate, so while you had basal cell...
Wow, that's great news! But months of anxiety caused by who knows what errors at MDA. I'd skip the patient portal and go straight to the office of the the Chief Patient Experience Officer. They will...
That blog of theirs sent me into a bit of a rage. Are the stats complicated, of course, but what is to be gained by downplaying this disease? My response to them: Wow, this is literally the exact...
Interesting, thank you for sharing Bobbiesan. I'm considering taking my husband to Morgentaller's practice if we make it to the 2 year mark undetectable. His T is lower than a lot of men after ADT...
Chisam and Kersh are partners, Kersh practices in Newport News and Chisam in Williamsburg. My husband had his ART with Chisam, but we saw Kersh before surgery, and again before going ahead with ART....
Dr. Kersh @ Riverside is absolutely phenomenal. Out of every doctor we've encountered he is by far the most compassionate, and he's a brilliant RO....
Have you seen this video from Mulhall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4TN9mCHlg4 Based on this, it would seem failure to recover isn't that rare, and is more common when pre-ADT T was low to begin...
TJ123, My preferred research site is scholar.google.com, if you search there for metformin and testosterone you can find a number of studies, not all of them in agreement, and many have small sample...
Metformin substantially lowers testosterone, which is interesting in light of all the research showing low testosterone is actually a risk factor/signal of potential cancer, saturation theory, BAT,...
My only opinion about the task force involves a lot of 4 letter words. Watched this recently and found it horrifying, worth the time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy4SsCWSbkc Convincing...
Some forms can "burn out" and not show on biopsy yet be metastatic. Actually have a friend of a business acquaintance going through it currently. I would head for a center of excellence to be safe....