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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / December 2005Gay Men and Prostate Cancer
Just curious if the gay men on this list knew of the book, "A Gay Man's Guide to Prostate Cancer," and the gay men with prostate cancer support groups, run by the nonprofit, Malecare. I am part of that nonprofit and I was wondering how well known it is. Thanks, Darryl hi darryl - i found this posted at another prostate newsgroup. what is your opinion on what they said.... ~ curtis ================= <john.mcnerney-nospam@cox.net> wrote: I have heard recently that the incidence of prostate cancer in active gay men is much lower than in heterosexual or abstinent men, and the reason is that they are routinely having their prostate glands massaged. I wonder if there is any truth to this. I went online to find a device that would massage my prostate, and found a variety of sex toys. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not prudish, nor am I gay, but my motive for perhaps trying one of these devices on a regular basis would be prostate health. knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional "Many more men die with prostate cancer than of it. Growing old is invariably fatal. Prostate cancer is only sometimes so." http://community.webtv.net/PALMER_ENT/doc I have not been apart of more accepting group of people than we have in this NG. I cannot imagine that an all-gay-all-the-time newsgroups could possibly surpass the assistance a gay man might get here. Furthermore, there does not seem to be any association between prostate cancer and sexual orientation. So, any guide to surviving prostate cancer should work for the gay man. I suspect it might only have the attention of intolerant gays.  SignaturePSA 16 10/17/2000 @ 46 Biopsy 11/01/2000 G7 (3+4), T2c RRP 12/15/2000 G7 (3+4), T3cN0M0 Neg margins PSA .1 .1 .1 .27 .37 .75 EBRT 05-07/2002 @ 47 PSA .34 .22 .15 .21 .32 Lupron 07/03 (1 mo) 8/03 (4 mo), 12/03, 4/04, 09/04, 01/05, 5/05, 10/05 PSA .07 .05 .06 .05 .08 Non Illegitimi Carborundum > Just curious if the gay men on this list knew of the book, "A Gay Man's > Guide to Prostate Cancer," and the gay men with prostate cancer support > groups, run by the nonprofit, Malecare. I am part of that nonprofit > and I was wondering how well known it is. Thanks, Darryl I have not heard of it. I have participated in some gay men's prostate cancer groups at yahoo, but did not find become very active with them. Dale P Denver, CO > Just curious if the gay men on this list knew of the book, "A Gay Man's > Guide to Prostate Cancer," and the gay men with prostate cancer support > groups, run by the nonprofit, Malecare. I am part of that nonprofit > and I was wondering how well known it is. Thanks, Darryl I'd be curious...maybe our more scientifically inclined members could weigh in...the topic of 'prostate massage' was mentioned as a possible reason that gay men would have less PCa. That didn't ring true, but I don't know. Straight men...into that form of sexual play...could have had prostate massages by their wives and lovers. My main thought... Why would that impact the development of cancer? Thanks and good health to all, Ron B. Chicago Ron, there have been studies conducted to look at the relationship between PCa and sexual activity. The findings have been mixed. Some seem to indicated the more sex you have, the less chance of PCa. Others seem to show celibate priests are in deep do do when it comes to PCa. And, of course some seemed to indicated that too much sex may increase the chances of cancer. If one adopts the philosophy that sex helps, then directly massaging the prostate would seem to be a rational extension. SignaturePSA 16 10/17/2000 @ 46 Biopsy 11/01/2000 G7 (3+4), T2c RRP 12/15/2000 G7 (3+4), T3cN0M0 Neg margins PSA .1 .1 .1 .27 .37 .75 EBRT 05-07/2002 @ 47 PSA .34 .22 .15 .21 .32 Lupron 07/03 (1 mo) 8/03 (4 mo), 12/03, 4/04, 09/04, 01/05, 5/05, 10/05 PSA .07 .05 .06 .05 .08 Non Illegitimi Carborundum > I'd be curious...maybe our more scientifically inclined members could > weigh in...the topic of 'prostate massage' was mentioned as a possible [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Chicago I recall many years ago (in the 1980's) that some research institute was trying to get volunteers of gay men of all ages to start a tracking of the incidence of prostate cancer. The goal was to see if the incident was higher, lower, or the same as straight men. The idea was that prostate stimulation, massage could have an effect on the rate of cancer. Unfortunately, the study was dropped not many years after it started. The reason given was that too many of the men willing to be in the study group were dieing of AIDS. Personally, I don't think the incident of PCa is any different for gay men, but there are no statistics to prove anything. Dale P Denver, CO |
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