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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / February 2004I left my prostate in Massachusetts
When I had my RRP I was approached to donate my prostate and seminal vessels to some company in Massachusetts that would do reasearch "that could save lives". I have never heard anyone else on the ng mention anything like that. I am sure that state laws vary on the subject, and who knows what is buried in the forms that one signs before the surgery, but I was just curious if anyone else was approached with a similar proposition? Thank you. David S. Stanford Medical University asked if I would donate for research...... I said what the heck.! I think in teaching medical universities and Dr.s who research do that...... John Loomis > When I had my RRP I was approached to donate my prostate and > seminal vessels to some company in Massachusetts that would do [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Thank you. > David S. Same here. Had mine removed at Massachusetts General Hospital which is an affiliate of Harvard. I was asked if I was willing to donate the materials that I left behind for research, and was more than glad to do so. Dave (from NH) Same at University of Washington. Even took a sample from Chris's hip bone for another study.  SignatureRebecca Ford > Same here. Had mine removed at Massachusetts General Hospital which is an > affiliate of Harvard. I was asked if I was willing to donate the materials > that I left behind for research, and was more than glad to do so. > > Dave (from NH) I had mine removed at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto. I understand they keep all tumours for research purposes. Don't know whether that means the whole thing, but since PC is generally multi-nodular (lots of little tumours) I suspect they keep the whole thing. I think that, as new theories come up, they can look back at all this material and test them against lots of samples. Either way, I sure didn't want it! Doug G. > When I had my RRP I was approached to donate my prostate and > seminal vessels to some company in Massachusetts that would do [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Thank you. > David S. Hi Neighbour...... My brother-in-law had his radiation treatments at PMH......my husband had the HDR radiation at Sunnybrook. We sure do have some good cancer hospitals in this city. Best....Heather (Brampton) > I had mine removed at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto. I > understand they keep all tumours for research purposes. Don't know [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Thank you. > > David S. good question - i don't know. mine was done at scott air force base and since it's a gov't hospital, i don't know what happens to it. i didn't sign anything or was made aware of my prostate being used for research. i guess it is a question i can ask the surgeon the next time i see him. ~ curtis knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional Mine was removed at Water Reed, and I did sign permission forms. DanR I had my gall bladder out a couple years ago and the surgeon gave me a picture of it and a urine specimen container with some of the gall stones. I meant to ask the urologist if I could get a picture of my prostate, just out of curiosity to see what the thing really looks like, but I forgot (I had other things on my mind at the time). That makes me think - one of you new guys ask your doctor if he/she will give you a picture of the prostate. Maybe someone would post the jpeg. I don't mean to be morbid. Just curious to see what that little devil that causes so much trouble looks like. All I have seen at my doctor's office are drawings, and I have dial up so the videos that are out there take forever to download. Thank you. David S. >I had mine removed at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto. I >understand they keep all tumours for research purposes. Don't know [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >> Thank you. >> David S. ... > That makes me think - one of you new guys ask your doctor if > he/she will give you a picture of the prostate. Don't they slice it up doing the pathology? I think they do that pretty quickly post-op. It wouldn't be much to look at after that! SignatureWake PSA 3.8, 11/2003 @58yrs Biopsy positive 5% in 1 of 10 cores T1c Gleason 3+3 RRP 1/12/04 Pathology agreed with biopsy + Negative margins Erection 1/30/04 > When I had my RRP I was approached to donate my prostate and > seminal vessels to some company in Massachusetts that would do [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Thank you. > David S. I signed something similar, but the nurse said it was to see how the results of radiation treatment turned out. Didn't make sense to me, since I was having an RRP, but I figured what the heck - I sure don't have any use for it! SignatureWake PSA 3.8, 11/2003 @58yrs Biopsy positive 5% in 1 of 10 cores T1c Gleason 3+3 RRP 1/12/04 Pathology agreed with biopsy + Negative margins Erection 1/30/04 |
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