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Understanding the psa in follow up care
- By dgnort · New reply 12:46 pm
- Discussion in Recurrence / advanced disease · 6 replies
- Our PCa journal is already on record on this site but a brief overview is...AT age 57 my husband was diagnosed with PCa in April 07 with PSA of 22, 12-15 biopsies taken all cancerous with most 5 or 6 ...
Color Doppler Ultrasound a useful tool in PC staging and diagonosing
- By johnt · New reply 11:30 am
- Discussion in Active surveillance · 20 replies
- High Resolution Color Doppler Ultrasound is an important tool in PC. It analyzes the blood flow that agressive tumors need to support themselves and using a side by side screen of high resolution ultrasound ...
Advanced Prostate Cancer treatment options?
- By mg2009 · New reply yesterday at 6:25 pm
- Discussion in Treatment options · 3 replies
- My dad was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. We were first told that it looked confined to the prostate on scans. There was some area of interest in his right pelvic bone but the radiologist suggested ...
Now that I'm on ADT, what do I do at the gym?
- By JB71 · New reply November 22, 2009
- Discussion in Exercise and nutrition · 2 replies
- Many of you are recommending exercise during ADT treatment (Casodex & Lupron). This could include a lot of walking and going to a gym on a regular bases. As a result of these suggestions I made an appointment ...
First prostate biopsy jitters
- By drJL · New reply November 22, 2009
- Discussion in Screening and early detection · 13 replies
- Age 53, PSA for several years was upper 2's, then low 3's. Summer 2008 it went to 4.1; Oct 09 jumped again to 6.3, asymptomatic, so I'm heading for a biopsy next week. My uro was suggested by my MD ("If ...
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Weight-Lifting, Testosterone and Prostate Cancer
- By buffalobob · New reply November 18, 2009
- Discussion in Exercise and nutrition · 9 replies
- It's documented that if you do heavy weight lifting with three sets of each routine, the body will produce T, especially on an empty stomach. I do dead-lifts for lower body strength three times a week ...
Rising PSA on Active Surveillance
- By cvnc · New reply November 18, 2009
- Discussion in Active surveillance · 2 replies
- Would like to pass some current numbers with others to see if this is the end of the road for my AS. Diagnosed in May 2009 with a PSA of 7.7. Original diagnosis was 1 core positive at 5% and a Gleason ...
Mammograms, PSAs
Rising PSA on Active Surveillance
- By cvnc · New reply November 18, 2009
- Discussion in Active surveillance · 13 replies
- Would like to pass some current numbers with others to see if this is the end of the road for my AS. Diagnosed in May 2009 with a PSA of 7.7. Original diagnosis was 1 core positive at 5% and a Gleason ...
DEALING WITH PCa
- By scooter9800 · New reply November 17, 2009
- Journal · 1 reply
- Edit Manage privacy settings •www.inspire.com/scooter9800 •62 years old, Male, Married •Lakeland, Florida Basically, as others have said it before me, getting the diagnosis of prostate cancer is ...
What do support groups offer ?
- By JB71 · New reply November 17, 2009
- Discussion in Wives, family, friends and caregivers · 5 replies
- Several weeks ago I looked into possibly joining some sort of prostate support group and I was delighted to learn that there is one, right here in my home town. They meet on a second Tuesday, once a month ...
prostate cancer survivor&runs Us-too support group Suffolk county New York
- By cslprostate · New reply November 17, 2009
- Journal · 1 reply
- My Name is Craig my wife and I run the Suffolk County N.Y chapter of US-Too support group.We have a group of about 50 members .but we also are involved with the American cancer society,Cancer Treatments ...
Hard to decide the right treatment
- By KlondikeGeoff · New reply November 16, 2009
- Discussion in Treatment options · 7 replies
- I had prostate cancer eight years ago and had external radiation treatment for 8 weeks, which took care of it. For years I had PSAs around 0.5, but not so long ago it rose to 1.1 and three months later ...
Can we reduce side-effects from the drugs ?
- By JB71 · New reply November 16, 2009
- Discussion in Managing side effects · 3 replies
- Started Casodex ( 50mg. for 30 days) last week and the brochure that came with it mentions possible side- effects of nausea, diarrhea, itching and feeling weak. The only change I have noticed so far and ...
New JAMA report Oct 13, 2009
- By LAsky26 · New reply November 16, 2009
- Journal · 23 replies
- The Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) released a new report on Oct. 13, 2009 regarding robotic vs open prostectomy. Anyone considering or facing this option is recommended to research this ...
Seeking Medical advocate
- By anoif46 · New reply November 16, 2009
- Discussion in Newly diagnosed · 10 replies
- Newly diagnosed with Gleason 7, 3 of 15 cores positive, PSA of 4.8, would like to know if anyone has used or knows of a medical advocate in New York City. It's all so overwhelming I would like to get ...
Re: Johns Hopkins Article
- By LAsky26 · Posted November 14, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- I just receieved the attached message below, from the cancer support group who sent it to me. The article was found to be invalid. Apologies to anyone who read the article. Information submitted to this ...
Researching HIFU as a treatment option
- By ftlang09 · Posted November 13, 2009
- Discussion in Treatment options · 0 replies
- I was recently diagnosed with PCa with 5 of the 6 areas from my biopsy being positive. My most recent PSA level was 9.73 which dates back to Sept of this year. The biopsy was conducted on Sept 30th 2009 ...
PCa and Intimacy
- By jeanj · New reply November 13, 2009
- Discussion in Prostate cancer and intimacy · 15 replies
- Women Against Prostate Cancer and Dr. Isaac Kim have developed an intimacy fact sheet titled: "Prostate Cancer Sexual & Intimacy: Everything You Wanted to Know But Didn't Know to Ask". It is fairly informative ...
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