My Brother Paul

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Howard and Hope - 04 Apr 2006 23:46 GMT

He had the Prostate biopsy and they went into the bladder and found red
spots..they now want to biopsy the bladder (Hospital proceedure) And CT
the entire area to include the kidneys..Any advice ? He has to now wait
for the prostate biopsy results..Thanks, Howie

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juniper - 05 Apr 2006 02:38 GMT

> He had the Prostate biopsy and they went into the bladder and found red
> spots..they now want to biopsy the bladder (Hospital proceedure) And CT
> the entire area to include the kidneys..Any advice ? He has to now wait
> for the prostate biopsy results..Thanks, Howie

I don't have any advice. Information gathering seems in order. I have
a question. Are you the person who posted that he and his brother both
had RPs but lately his brother had cancer cells in his urine?

best wishes to all,

laurel

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Howard and Hope - 05 Apr 2006 15:15 GMT

I (Howie) had prostate removed a year ago and has been undetectable so
far. But my Brother now has had a prostate biopsy and also red spots
seen in bladder with scope..so he must now have bladder biopsy...yes,
cancer cells found in urine..

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Sandy K. - 05 Apr 2006 16:31 GMT

> > He had the Prostate biopsy and they went into the bladder and found red
> > spots..they now want to biopsy the bladder (Hospital proceedure) And CT
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> a question. Are you the person who posted that he and his brother both
> had RPs but lately his brother had cancer cells in his urine?

No, that was me. Tests have come back negative for bladder cancer, so
they're taking a wait & see approach for now.

Sandy K.

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juniper - 06 Apr 2006 20:01 GMT

> No, that was me. Tests have come back negative for bladder cancer, so
> they're taking a wait & see approach for now.

After your post I looked some stuff up. It seems they have a urine
test that is diagnostic for bladder cancer. Some antibody or
something. It is supposedly very accurate. So I guess that's what
they did. If I remember right, that means that there is a clear test
for *something*. Since nothing is completely diagnostic of PCa except
removing the whole thing. And that is not even diagnostic for how
systemic it is. Best wishes for your brother. (And you!)

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Howard and Hope - 07 Apr 2006 23:10 GMT

Thanks..I will post as I find out more.

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