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Advanced Prostate Cancer

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How long does "end stage" last??

My dad has just finished his last dose of chemo for prostate cancer. It has become ineffective. He has new lesions which have turned out to be kidney cancer....

My dad has just finished his last dose of chemo for prostate cancer. It has bec...

•8 years ago

Mrs. Tom-36

My husband was diagnosed Gleason 8 (4+4) aggressive prostate cancer 13 years ago when he was 68 years old. He has had many treatments over the ensuing years,...

My husband was diagnosed Gleason 8 (4+4) aggressive prostate cancer 13 years ago...

•8 years ago

Started on Lupron and later Casadex off and on + Lupron

i am 87 years old, about 12 years ago i was rated 7.5 on the Gleason scale my PSA was 56. started on Lupron and later Casadex off and on + Lupron. stopped...

i am 87 years old, about 12 years ago i was rated 7.5 on the Gleason scale my PS...

•8 years ago

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chemo

had 1st chemo treatment. what can I expect my psa is 620

had 1st chemo treatment. what can I expect my psa is 620

•8 years ago

Thoughts on Proton Beam Therapy

Any good or bad experiences?

Any good or bad experiences?

•8 years ago

Serum testosterone & ADT

New [Shanghai] study below. "... testosterone levels <50 ng dl-1 were not associated with the effective time of ADT." "testosterone levels of ≤25 ng dl-1...

New [Shanghai] study below. "... testosterone levels <50 ng dl-1 were not assoc...

•8 years ago

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How Long To Continue Abiriterone Acetate Before Moving On To A New Treatment

Knowing when to stop a treatment and when to hang on and "give it time" has become a more difficult issue with all the new drugs we now have at our disposal....

Knowing when to stop a treatment and when to hang on and "give it time" has beco...

•8 years ago

chemo question..

Is chemotherapy a death sentence ?i would really appreciate your experiences and your point of views on this matter

Is chemotherapy a death sentence ?i would really appreciate your experiences and...

•8 years ago

introduction

Hello, I received my diagnosis in Feb.2016, after my PSA levels rose slightly from my baseline during an annual physical exam. my current status is as...

Hello, I received my diagnosis in Feb.2016, after my PSA levels rose slightly...

•8 years ago

Fibrinogen

New Shanghei study below. The formation of a clot involves (a) the clumping of platelets around the wound, & (b) the action of thrombin on fibrinogen to...

New Shanghei study below. The formation of a clot involves (a) the clumping of ...

•8 years ago

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My Story

In January, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer and when I questioned the Doctor about treatment, he told me that since I was 200 lbs. overweight, had high...

In January, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer and when I questioned the Doct...

•8 years ago

Choline & lethal PCa (with a note on Lecithin)

This is a follow-on from my Eggs post. Erin Richman speculated that the increased risk of lethal PCa associated with eggs, was due to choline. While eggs are...

This is a follow-on from my Eggs post. Erin Richman speculated that the increas...

•8 years ago

Eggs

In my recent post on 'Meat', I included two studies by Erin Richman. Those studies also looked at eggs. A natural response to those studies might be to stop...

In my recent post on 'Meat', I included two studies by Erin Richman. Those stud...

•8 years ago

Meat & Lethal PCa

I expected a spirited response when I posted the new Dutch study. With two "bullshit" responses,I figured I should dig out supporting studies, to show that...

I expected a spirited response when I posted the new Dutch study. With two "bul...

•8 years ago

White blood count

Question, I just returned from my oncologist and received good and bad news. The good news is that my psa continues to drop, now at 0.2. The bad news is...

Question, I just returned from my oncologist and received good and bad news. ...

•8 years ago

After effects

2011 in a routine visit to a Nurse Practitioner regarding a Sinus issue she ask when was the last physical and I responded about seven years prior. She...

2011 in a routine visit to a Nurse Practitioner regarding a Sinus issue she ask ...

•8 years ago

Diet

New study below. I don't exactly bristle when someone with cancer claims to have changed his diet to be "more healthy", but there is usually no indication...

New study below. I don't exactly bristle when someone with cancer claims to hav...

•8 years ago

Repositioning "old" drugs for new causes: identifying new inhibitors of PCa cell migration and invasion.

New Australian study below. "Following the completion of the primary screening assay, 33 drugs were identified from an FDA approved drug library that either...

New Australian study below. "Following the completion of the primary screening ...

•8 years ago

Introduction post...Hello from Greeece!!!

Hello to everyone....I am writing this post on behalf of my father who was diagnosed three and a half years ago....He faces advanced metastatic prostate cancer...

Hello to everyone....I am writing this post on behalf of my father who was diagn...

•8 years ago

Metatstatic PCA to lymphs, bones & lung

Hi Everyone, My husband was diagnosed 5/7/04. Was on ADT2 for 10 years. Used DES, then Zytiga, then docetaxel now has been on Enzalutimide since June last...

Hi Everyone, My husband was diagnosed 5/7/04. Was on ADT2 for 10 years. Used DES...

•8 years ago

Re: solitary bony metastasis treatment

I have just completed another cycle of my homegrown therapy: 3 months castrate followed by 3 months with testosterone [T] > 1,000 ng/dL. The difference this...

I have just completed another cycle of my homegrown therapy: 3 months castrate f...

•8 years ago

Advanced (stage 4) group

I'm looking for a group that "deals' in stage, 3,4 prostate cancer, cancer that has spread beyond the prostate into lymph nodes and bones. does such a group...

I'm looking for a group that "deals' in stage, 3,4 prostate cancer, cancer that ...

•8 years ago

Radiation Burn

About 3 days after finishing 15 days of external beam radiation of tumor on left femoral head I developed radiation burn in the area. Hadn't experienced that...

About 3 days after finishing 15 days of external beam radiation of tumor on lef...

•8 years ago

Prostate Cancer Activist/Mentor

Reminding all subscribers that I am "Always as close as the other end of your computer to help address any prostate cancer concerns." If interested in my...

Reminding all subscribers that I am "Always as close as the other end of your co...

•8 years ago

Diabetes & PCa "protection".

New study below. This post follows on from a Yahoo thread, where I suggested that burnout of the beta cells in the pacreas is responsible for reduced risk of...

New study below. This post follows on from a Yahoo thread, where I suggested th...

•8 years ago

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