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Advanced Prostate Cancer

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What Every Male with Prostate Cancer Should Know

Check out an active research study currently recruiting males with advanced prostate cancer. Unfortunately, it's not happening everywhere, but a loved one may...

Check out an active research study currently recruiting males with advanced pros...

dsmith200201

•8 years ago

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Tetracycline / doxycycline / minocycline

This post is prompted by Ed Miller's: "Ten days of the antibiotic clendamycin lowered my PSA for 3 months." I remembered seeing some PCa-tetracycline studies....

This post is prompted by Ed Miller's: "Ten days of the antibiotic clendamycin l...

pjoshea13

•8 years ago

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Firmagon side effects

My husband got his first two injections if Firmagon two days ago. He did have a reaction in the form of two large, red blotches at the injection sites. The...

My husband got his first two injections if Firmagon two days ago. He did have a ...

Deedeem54

•8 years ago

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Tumour size and diagnosis

I have completed 17 of 39 radiotherapy sessions for a tumour growing out of my prostate and invading my bowel that was identified in July. I have been on ADT...

I have completed 17 of 39 radiotherapy sessions for a tumour growing out of my p...

Christor13

•8 years ago

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Question on ketoconazole

I'd like to ask a question of those who have taken or are taking ketoconazole. How long does it take to take effect? I am concerned because after two months of...

I'd like to ask a question of those who have taken or are taking ketoconazole. H...

Hidden

•8 years ago

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Ten days of the antibiotic clendamycin lowered my PSA for 3 months

I am a Stage 4 M1b prostate cancer patient who has been under treatment at MD Anderson for the last 3 years. In March, I had a root canal and was prescribed...

I am a Stage 4 M1b prostate cancer patient who has been under treatment at MD An...

EdMiller

•8 years ago

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Foods/Supplements-Vitamins: Lycopene - Tomatoes

"Lycopene is the pigment principally responsible for the characteristic deep-red color of ripe tomato fruits and tomato products." [2c] As of Aug 29, 2016,...

"Lycopene is the pigment principally responsible for the characteristic deep-red...

pjoshea13

•8 years ago

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T .06 is that castrate level

T is .06 is that castrate level

Kirklen1234

•8 years ago

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Foods/Supplements-Vitamins: IP(6) - Inositol Hexaphosphate

[1] Introduction. IP(6) - Inositol Hexaphosphate - phytic acid - is found in bran, seeds, legumes & nuts to varying degrees. In supplement form, it probably...

[1] Introduction. IP(6) - Inositol Hexaphosphate - phytic acid - is found in br...

pjoshea13

•8 years ago

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Foods/Supplements-Vitamins: BioPerine / CYP3A4

One of the vexing problems faced by men intrigued by PCa-Polyphenol study results, is how to improve bioavailability. This is particularly true for curcumin &...

One of the vexing problems faced by men intrigued by PCa-Polyphenol study result...

pjoshea13

•8 years ago

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Stopping Avodart

I was at my uro yesterday (8/26) an received a 3month injection of Lupron. I have been taking Avodart (now Dutasteride) for years, he said to stop taking it...

I was at my uro yesterday (8/26) an received a 3month injection of Lupron. I ha...

ewroge

•8 years ago

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UroLift anybody?

Hey everybody, Many of us suffer with BPH. It's now time for me to deal with it. Not that I haven't had a stupendously large prostate, that has been...

Hey everybody, Many of us suffer with BPH. It's now time for me to deal with it....

Hidden

•8 years ago

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Sleepy times

Well spending more of my life asleep and needing help to get dressed and showered. Lots of help from Macmillan nurses, OT, district nurses etc. Not had...

Well spending more of my life asleep and needing help to get dressed and showere...

Bryan_Metcalf_UK

•8 years ago

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A Year of Treatments.

I hope my battle with prostate cancer is on hold. Just had my test results today and my PSA was 0.03 and very low T. It has been one heck of a year starting...

I hope my battle with prostate cancer is on hold. Just had my test results today...

van123

•8 years ago

10 Replies

Docetaxel, Total Number of Cycles & Overall Survival

New study below [1]. "The Mainsail trial was a multinational randomized phase 3 study of 1059 patients with mCRPC receiving docetaxel, prednisone, and...

New study below [1]. "The Mainsail trial was a multinational randomized phase 3 ...

pjoshea13

•8 years ago

3 Replies

Foods/Supplements-Vitamins: Boswellic Acid

Resin from Boswellia, a family of flowering shrubs & trees, has been used for medicinal purposes for many centuries. It is employed in Ayurvedic medicine....

Resin from Boswellia, a family of flowering shrubs & trees, has been used for me...

pjoshea13

•8 years ago

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Changes in Lupron Medicare guidelines

As part of a total SNAFU at my urologist today I was told that I can not get my lupron shot as part of the office visit; now I must come back for a Lupron...

As part of a total SNAFU at my urologist today I was told that I can not get my...

herb1

•8 years ago

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Xofigo treatment

Hi all, I'm a bit lost as to what Radium-223/Xofigo actually does. Does it attack the cancer, or relieve the pain? Or, both? Also, how is it administered? And,...

Hi all, I'm a bit lost as to what Radium-223/Xofigo actually does. Does it attac...

Hidden

•8 years ago

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PSA Undetectable

My oncologist changed my hormonal therapy drug from lupron to eligard due to vendor change at Smilow Cancer Trumbull. I had my first shot on August 19th...

My oncologist changed my hormonal therapy drug from lupron to eligard due to ven...

Jeff54

•8 years ago

5 Replies

Initial Eligard Reaction

I had my first eligard shot a couple of hours ago. I'm glad my wife was driving. I thought I was going to be sick. I felt nausea, and broke out in a sweat. I'm...

I had my first eligard shot a couple of hours ago. I'm glad my wife was driving....

Hidden

•8 years ago

14 Replies

Xofigo update

Had my fourth Xofigo (radium 223) injection last Monday. Still no significant side effects. PSA now down to .9. Still getting good pain relief from mets in...

Had my fourth Xofigo (radium 223) injection last Monday. Still no significant s...

chascri

•8 years ago

1 Reply

Xtandi - Pfizer ... & some big numbers.

From today's NY Times [1]: "Medivation, which makes the big-selling drug Xtandi to treat prostate cancer, has finally found its buyer in a fellow American drug...

From today's NY Times [1]: "Medivation, which makes the big-selling drug Xtandi ...

pjoshea13

•8 years ago

1 Reply

Benefits of intermittent/continuous androgen deprivation in patients with advanced prostate cancer.

New study below [1]. From a meta-analysis published in December [2]: "Intermittent androgen deprivation was not inferior to continuous therapy with respect to...

New study below [1]. From a meta-analysis published in December [2]: "Intermitte...

pjoshea13

•8 years ago

10 Replies

Oligometastatic prostate cancer: Metastases-directed therapy?

New paper below. As someone who received treatment for a single spiny met at L5 last year, I am naturally interested in the subject. "Reports on surgical and...

New paper below. As someone who received treatment for a single spiny met at L5 ...

pjoshea13

•8 years ago

15 Replies

Metformin

New study below. 2,652 diabetics with PCa. "A significantly lower percentage of metformin users were diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer as compared...

New study below. 2,652 diabetics with PCa. "A significantly lower percenta...

pjoshea13

•8 years ago

2 Replies

PROSTATE CANCER AND PANCREATIC ATROPHY?

At the beginning of August, I had CT and full-body bone scans, which showed some very disappointing results. There were quite a few issues which show an...

At the beginning of August, I had CT and full-body bone scans, which showed some...

CERICWIN

•8 years ago

32 Replies

Foods/Supplements-Vitamins: Green Tea - Human Studies

Having undermined the appeal of green tea in yesterday's post: "Foods/Supplements-Vitamins: Green Tea, etc, & Pollutants" I'll present the scant...

Having undermined the appeal of green tea in yesterday's post: "Foods/Su...

pjoshea13

•8 years ago

8 Replies

David's story - 7 years with metastatic prostate cancer hits 1,000 views

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDi1KR7Y2O8 I just noticed that my YouTube video "David's Story" hit 1,000 views today. More than seven and a half years ago...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDi1KR7Y2O8 I just noticed that my YouTube video...

JimJimJimJim

•8 years ago

4 Replies

Foods/Supplements-Vitamins: Green Tea, etc, & Polutants

A. Introduction. Tea comes from the plant Camellia sinensis. The plants require 50 inches of rain each year. As with any leaf with a high water uptake,...

A. Introduction. Tea comes from the plant Camellia sinensis. The plants requir...

pjoshea13

•8 years ago

9 Replies

Taking Xytiga (Abiraterone) with food.

Abiraterone is usually taken by 4 x 250 mg tabs on an empty stomach, to reduce potential side effects. This means that upwards of 90% of the drug is...

Abiraterone is usually taken by 4 x 250 mg tabs on an empty stomach, to reduce p...

NiallMcC

•8 years ago

8 Replies

Posts - Advanced Prostate Cancer | HealthUnlocked

Advanced Prostate Cancer

All posts for August 2016

What Every Male with Prostate Cancer Should Know

Tetracycline / doxycycline / minocycline

Firmagon side effects

Tumour size and diagnosis

Question on ketoconazole

Ten days of the antibiotic clendamycin lowered my PSA for 3 months

Foods/Supplements-Vitamins: Lycopene - Tomatoes

T .06 is that castrate level

Foods/Supplements-Vitamins: IP(6) - Inositol Hexaphosphate

Foods/Supplements-Vitamins: BioPerine / CYP3A4

Stopping Avodart

UroLift anybody?

Sleepy times

A Year of Treatments.

Docetaxel, Total Number of Cycles & Overall Survival

Foods/Supplements-Vitamins: Boswellic Acid

Changes in Lupron Medicare guidelines

Xofigo treatment

PSA Undetectable

Initial Eligard Reaction

Xofigo update

Xtandi - Pfizer ... & some big numbers.

Benefits of intermittent/continuous androgen deprivation in patients with advanced prostate cancer.

Oligometastatic prostate cancer: Metastases-directed therapy?

Metformin

PROSTATE CANCER AND PANCREATIC ATROPHY?

Foods/Supplements-Vitamins: Green Tea - Human Studies

David's story - 7 years with metastatic prostate cancer hits 1,000 views

Foods/Supplements-Vitamins: Green Tea, etc, & Polutants

Taking Xytiga (Abiraterone) with food.

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