High-risk prostate cancer patients who undergo a combination of hormonal
therapy, radioactive seed implant (also called brachytherapy) and
external beam radiation therapy are shown to have an increased chance of
cancer cure, according to a new study by researchers at Mount Sinai

Group,
Associated Press reports some treatments for prostate cancer will be cut
in half.     The same will apply to cancer drugs, which are to come
under Medicare in 2006.

this was posted at another newsgroup in the year 2000.  another voice in
added to what we had seen and heard, but might find it worth
reading.........
~ curtis

72 y/0. 1988 TURP for BPH showed 3+3 PCa. EBRT. Routine PSA just new.
Recurrence February 1999, PSA 5.9.
Casodex, Zoladex (changed to Lupron). Casodex dropped, DES (up to 3mg)
added, Proscar just because.

hallo everybody in this NG!!
56 yrs, Italian, I underwent NSRRP Dec 2002, negative margins but blader
neck wit focal capsule infiltration.
threemothly ECO images so far negative, free PSA0.13 ngwith  total PSA = 0

   I was going to entitle this "See Buttercup nude" just to fit in with the
majority of the posts here lately.  Anybody know what is going on with all
the crap that is showing up?  I am seeing this in other newsgroups, like
microsoft.public... and they are all the same - "See ...

My luprin injections in Oct 03 and Mar 04 lasted for 4 months each and I am
keen to get back into IT with a fall in oestrogen and a rise in my
testosterone. BUT now in mid Aug 04 my tests show the Testosterone level to
be at 1.2 when the norm is 8. to 27.

Updating the group: 5 days to go until my RRP (7-27-04) at
Sloan-Kettering by Dr James Eastham.
I got in a clinical trial for a substance that may improve nerve
healing or help prevent nerve damage.  I have a 2 out of 3 chance of

My thanks to all of you who helped me make these decisions.  On Aug 24 I'll
be having LRP at City of Hope in Duarte.  Mark Kawachi ( 3rd opinion) is
supposed to be very practiced at this and his resume is impressive.  He had
the statistics I needed to appease my engineer's soul so ...

I got my catheter removed today (whew!), and got the pathology report.
It showed a Gleason 6 (same as pre-op), Stage T2a (pre-op was T1c),
tumor in left lobe (mostly left posterior, but also left anterior).
No perineural invasion, no vascular invasion, no seminal vesical

It's been a while since I've posted, but I've been monitoring the site and
take hope from others' experiences.  Allen's surgery in on 8/18 - exactly
10 days away.  It seems to be arriving so fast, although when we first got
the surgery date it seemed way too far away.

Today was Allen's presurgery appointment with the surgeon.  We thought it
would be a conversation, but it turns out it was a DRE and a scope to see
if the cancer had spread to the bladder.  No cancer in the bladder
(yay!!!), nor anything visible on the prostate.  Still nothing on ...

After reading some books and research reports on the healing powers of
dogs, I thought back to my own six-month battle and RP, and how
spending time with my dog was as therapeutic as anything else I did. I
also have started researching the fact that as the only other animal

I had a real breakthrough (in more than one sense) yesterday. Seven
weeks after my successful nerve-sparing RRP (all negative margins) I
had successful intercourse with my wife, although with just a wee
semi-erection. No Viagra either. My surgeon said he would prescribe

All,
I had an interesting...uh....incident. Took a Caverject
injection for a little you-know-what with my better half
and it was only a 10 microgram shot at that. But...I preceded