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Moving on from Zytiga

Well, the day has come. Zytiga is no longer working for me. My rib cage pain has been persistant, and my PSA just took a big jump from 18.7 to 49.9 in three...

Well, the day has come. Zytiga is no longer working for me. My rib cage pain h...

YostConner

•7 years ago

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Some days it's best just to have fun

Today I choose to just forget about the cancer and have some fun. I have always tried to stay positive and find the good in the road I'm on. When I started...

Today I choose to just forget about the cancer and have some fun. I have always...

Rexwayne

•7 years ago

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Phytanic Acid

Sisira brought the subject up, in the context of red meat. He quotes Dr. Myers" "He says in more than 100 papers in scientific literature that he has read,...

Sisira brought the subject up, in the context of red meat. He quotes Dr. Myers"...

pjoshea13

•7 years ago

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Green light laser?

Im newly diagnosed with stage 4, extensive spine mets. PSA at diagnosis was 11. Now on lupron, docetal chemo, and zymeta. After 1 month, PSA down to 4.5. Good...

Im newly diagnosed with stage 4, extensive spine mets. PSA at diagnosis was 11. ...

BigM62

•7 years ago

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CAR-T Targeted T Cells News:

http://www.chron.com/news/science/article/US-clears-first-living-drug-for-tough-childhood-12161053.php

http://www.chron.com/news/science/article/US-clears-first-living-drug-for-tough-...

Attitude67

•7 years ago

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Completed 2 rounds of chemo 8 to go. I can do this

Hi my name is Roy. I have been fighting this cancer for 12 years now. The last 5 going on 6 years I have been in stage 4. My Gleason score was 7. I have tumors...

Hi my name is Roy. I have been fighting this cancer for 12 years now. The last 5...

Rexwayne

•7 years ago

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Smoking

Hi all just wanted to share some thoughts & see what others are upto. I gave up smoking 11yrs ago but it didn't stop me from getting PC, I know we are all...

Hi all just wanted to share some thoughts & see what others are upto. I gave up ...

Chubby42

•7 years ago

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Zytiga

I have had 5 sessions on taxotere and now after the last chemo he is going to put me on zytiga or xtandi pills and said I will need to stay on them and my...

I have had 5 sessions on taxotere and now after the last chemo he is going to pu...

rxearl

•7 years ago

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FSH! (?)

Would increasing FSH reduce biologically active testosterone? The pituitary sends out LH and FSH: leutenizing hormone and follicule stimiulating hormone. The...

Would increasing FSH reduce biologically active testosterone? The pituitary sen...

Hidden

•7 years ago

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PET/CT Scan

I’m going to have a PET/CT scan and was wondering which is the best for my prostate cancer. F-18 FDG or F-18 Sodium Fluoride PET/CT Scan. I’m not sure what...

I’m going to have a PET/CT scan and was wondering which is the best for my prost...

Prellch

•7 years ago

19 Replies

"Low-fat diet could kill you, major study shows"

pjoshea13

•7 years ago

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Androgen Receptor Negative PCa

What would work against this beast...Dr. Nalakrats says to drink a quart of Gator Blood daily...but Nal was just committed to The Gator Institute For The...

What would work against this beast...Dr. Nalakrats says to drink a quart of Gato...

gusgold

•7 years ago

1 Reply

Circulating Tumor Cells and PCa

Gus https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28836508

gusgold

•7 years ago

1 Reply

Bicalutamide 50 to 150 mg

I recently was castrated and began taking 50mg Bicalutamide daily which I will titrate to 150mg over a 3 month period. This case is based on th CPCG-6 study...

I recently was castrated and began taking 50mg Bicalutamide daily which I will t...

Zach58

•7 years ago

14 Replies

Zyflamend

I've seen this discussed here and I'm looking into it. However, I don't know which type folks are taking?

I've seen this discussed here and I'm looking into it. However, I don't know wh...

Lakefisher

•7 years ago

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Couldn't Do Fourth Round Of Docetaxol: Husband Admitted To Hospital Tomorrow

Hi everyone. So today we couldn't do round 4 of Docetaxol. There was no doctor at the day ward so we are not sure what the reason was. Something was wrong with...

Hi everyone. So today we couldn't do round 4 of Docetaxol. There was no doctor a...

MelaniePaul

•7 years ago

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"Drug Aimed at Inflammation May Lower Risk of Heart Disease and Cancer"

That's the title of a piece in today's NY Times [1]. It must be a dozen years since someone told me that the men who have better survival are those with good...

That's the title of a piece in today's NY Times [1]. It must be a dozen years si...

pjoshea13

•7 years ago

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PSMA & Thyroid Cancer.

New study below. PSMA is prostate-specific membrane antigen. A cautionary naming tale is that of prostaglandins. Discovered in prostate tissue in 1935 - &...

New study below. PSMA is prostate-specific membrane antigen. A cautionary nam...

pjoshea13

•7 years ago

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Curcumin suppresses proliferation of human PCa stem cells.

New cell & mouse study below. "Many studies have demonstrated that curcumin can effectively inhibit the proliferation, invasion, and tumorigenesis of prostate...

New cell & mouse study below. "Many studies have demonstrated that curcumin can ...

pjoshea13

•7 years ago

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Celebrities Who Died From PCa

They keep telling us almost everybody dies with PCa not from it Gus http://www.ranker.com/list/famous-people-who-died-of-prostate-cancer/reference

They keep telling us almost everybody dies with PCa not from it Gus http://www.r...

gusgold

•7 years ago

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Androgen Receptor independent prostate cancer

PC can be androgen independent. Can it be Androgen Receptor independent. I assume the answer is No, the Androgen Receptor is still essential, so other...

PC can be androgen independent. Can it be Androgen Receptor independent. I ass...

Hidden

•7 years ago

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Hair Color and Provenge

Since I've had Provenge my hair color has darkened. I saw this article:...

Lakefisher

•7 years ago

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Mediterranean dietary pattern & Aggressive PCa.

New Spanish study. Included "754 histologically confirmed incident cases of prostate cancer and 1277 controls" from "7 Spanish provinces between September 2008...

New Spanish study. Included "754 histologically confirmed incident cases of pros...

pjoshea13

•7 years ago

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Arsenic in Drinking Water & PCa Risk.

New study below [1]. Not just for Iowans. There are many risk associations for PCa. Arsenic is just one, & exposure need not be due to pollution. "Inorganic...

New study below [1]. Not just for Iowans. There are many risk associations for ...

pjoshea13

•7 years ago

4 Replies

Pass The Gator Blood - Lupron Killed 1100 People

https://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/drugs-medical/drug-side-effects-medical-device-companies-dangerous-2-13725.html

https://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/articles/drugs-medical/drug-side-effects-m...

gusgold

•7 years ago

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Treating Advanced Prostate Cancer with Diet, Part 2; Michael Gregor, MD

https://nutritionfacts.org/video/treating-advanced-prostate-cancer-with-diet-part-2/

https://nutritionfacts.org/video/treating-advanced-prostate-cancer-with-diet-par...

Hidden

•7 years ago

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Radical prostatectomy & bone oligometastases?

New study below. My RP surgeon told me that his second patient, with lesser cancer than me, was stapled back up after the pathologist found cancer in one of...

New study below. My RP surgeon told me that his second patient, with lesser canc...

pjoshea13

•7 years ago

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Trouble walking, balance, etc - on Xofigo

Have had two doses of Xofigo and my pain has not gotten much better. In addition, all of a sudden in the last few days, my equilibrium has gone haywire. I look...

Have had two doses of Xofigo and my pain has not gotten much better. In addition...

taxman

•7 years ago

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Metformin & Xtandi Resistance.

New study below. "Although the newly developed second-generation anti-androgen drug enzalutamide can repress prostate cancer progression significantly, it only...

New study below. "Although the newly developed second-generation anti-androgen d...

pjoshea13

•7 years ago

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Axumin Scan coverage on Medicare Advantage?

I have a new met in my mediastinum detected on a PET Scan with FDG tracer(the least sensitive). My ordinal mets were in my lungs. A second opinion urologic...

I have a new met in my mediastinum detected on a PET Scan with FDG tracer(the le...

DenDoc

•7 years ago

4 Replies

Posts - Advanced Prostate Cancer | HealthUnlocked

Advanced Prostate Cancer

All posts for August 2017

Moving on from Zytiga

Some days it's best just to have fun

Phytanic Acid

Green light laser?

CAR-T Targeted T Cells News:

Completed 2 rounds of chemo 8 to go. I can do this

Smoking

Zytiga

FSH! (?)

PET/CT Scan

"Low-fat diet could kill you, major study shows"

Androgen Receptor Negative PCa

Circulating Tumor Cells and PCa

Bicalutamide 50 to 150 mg

Zyflamend

Couldn't Do Fourth Round Of Docetaxol: Husband Admitted To Hospital Tomorrow

"Drug Aimed at Inflammation May Lower Risk of Heart Disease and Cancer"

PSMA & Thyroid Cancer.

Curcumin suppresses proliferation of human PCa stem cells.

Celebrities Who Died From PCa

Androgen Receptor independent prostate cancer

Hair Color and Provenge

Mediterranean dietary pattern & Aggressive PCa.

Arsenic in Drinking Water & PCa Risk.

Pass The Gator Blood - Lupron Killed 1100 People

Treating Advanced Prostate Cancer with Diet, Part 2; Michael Gregor, MD

Radical prostatectomy & bone oligometastases?

Trouble walking, balance, etc - on Xofigo

Metformin & Xtandi Resistance.

Axumin Scan coverage on Medicare Advantage?

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