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I can think of three possible courses of action.
1) An endorectal coil MRI using Combidex (only offered in the Netherlands as far as I know). Yes some doc here will tell you Combidex has not been approved by the FDA but the university of Washington…
Mike, I appreciate the explanation of what ADT and the subclasses stand for. I had done a quick Google search and I smiled when the first thing that came up was the security company, I see those letters on a sigh on my neighbors lawn every time I lo…
Bill: ADT stands for "androgen deprivation therapy", which is the tewchnical term for hormone therapy of some type. Some people subclassify it as follows
-- ADT = androgen deprivation therapy only with an LHRH agonist like Lupron or Zoladex
-- ADT2…
Ernst; I appreciate you taking the time to reply to my post. If you are set up to receive all posts, you will see the
reply I just left for Lenny. My urologist that preformed the prostate surg 12 years ago passed away this summer and I had great con…
Lenny; Sorry for the late reply, I am still learning how to navigate all of these sites. I have not checked out the above mentioned site as so far I have not had any chemo or "ADT" [I am not sure what this is but I will go to the site and I am sure…
dear william, I am 72 and was operated in 1996 and my psa was rising from 0,o1 to now 19, I started hormontherapy intermittent in august, waiting for next psa in november. I am in best conditions and hope to have some good results from the hormons.…
Dear Bill:
Given the demise of your prior urologist, and what appears to be progression of your cancer (based on the rfising PSA), there may be good reason to consider switching from a urologist to am medical oncologist as your primary prostate can…
The urologist has 12 years of my PC history and results, I do depend on him to advise me as to my next step. I am not opposed to radiation and that may be the best thing to do, but as of now I will probably wait for the biopsy.
A biopsy is the only means of determining whether L5 has metastatic PCa.
I don't understand why Bill is consulting a urologist about this. Seems to me that a medical oncologist would be appropriate.
70 year old white male overall good health,12 years since prostate removal, gradual rise of PSA to 4.7 as of late April this year. [2.7 last Nov/Dec].Prostascint scan June this year. "Negative study for metastatic prostatic carcinoma". Bone scan Sep…
William,
I suggest that you take a look at the discussions on the Chemotherapy + Prostate Cancer Group. The combination of chemo and ADT is an option to consider when location of the micrometastasis is unknown. Early results of trials have shown th…
Mike, I very much appreciate your in depth response to my post. actually my PSA started rising in 2002 as I said, but it was a gradual increase until the last year. If I remember correctly my PSA was 1.7 about a year ago May and by Nov. 08 it had in…
Dear Mr. Stevens:
If I am hearing what you said correctly, your PSA has risen from
I am 70 years old in good health, I had radical prostate surgery Oct. 2 1997, PSA reading for 5-6 years [less than .001] slowly climbing to what is now 4.7 [as of May of this year]. Had prostascint scan 5 years ago, NEG findings, Pet scan 2 or 3 yea…
Jeff, I spent about the first 3 years[I had my prostate removed almost 12 years ago] trying about everything that I or my Dr. knew about to help with the ED problem, I was not satisfied with all of them except Tri Mix. For me it had the best success…
How many times in our lives have we said, [or thought] "NO WAY", only to change our minds at some time? Using "Tri Mix injections" was one of those" times". The discomfort of the actual injections did not come close to matching my "fears".
Bill
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- At 12:18am on June 29, 2009,
Lenny Hirsch said… - My story is similar to yours. RP eight years ago. My first psa was 0.5. The only place where I could have radition had a terrible track record as far as QOL issues, I started taking Casodex 150mg and Proscar when the psa reached 2.5. Reached UD immediately.After a year stopped the Casodex and had an off period for 3 years. Since then have been following an intermittent route. Recently spike to two oncologist about the poosibility of raditation. They both agreed that there was less than 20% chance of zapping the cancer, but there could be possible side effects. At the moment I have cancer under control with a very high QOL
- At 3:10pm on June 28, 2009,
George A. Brown said… - William, welcome aboard. Lots of help, support, friends and advise here. Glad you found us. You pose a very good question after 12 years, radiation but where.. Lets see if any of the people have some good advise. I worry about you being from Hurricane, naming the town that do you feel you have attracted some.
George
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- Have you been diagnosed with prostate cancer?
- Yes
- What brings you to the New Prostate Cancer InfoLink social network?
- I had asked Dr. Arnon a question and he suggested I join the "Network"
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- 70 year old white male in good health, [no heart problems,Cholesterol higher than my Dr. would like, don't smoke and I exercise off and on] Prostate surg 12 years ago. PSA back up to 4.7. PET scan and Prostascint scan unable to locate. Dr. thinks I should start radiation, but where?
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