http://www.guardian.co.uk/medicine/story/0,11381,1302085,00.html
Prostate test 'all but useless'
Researchers say men put at risk of impotence
Sarah Boseley, health editor

After going through all the advantages and disadvantage of the various
remedies (surgery, seeds, external beam radiation, etc.) to hopefully cure
my Gleason 6 prostate cancer,  I have failed to check on whether or not
Medicare (I am over 65) will pay for the hospitalization and ...

about january 04 i posted a message saying my father in law had a
GLEASON of 5+5= 10. No symptoms whatsoever, but a couple of spots on
his ribs on the xrays.
9 months later still no symptoms.

Good news today -- PSA still non detectable 15 months after last lupron
shot.  This is my third cycle...I had expected psa to be rising after 9
months (as was the case previously).
Robert

What can you find on the new research on the cancer vaccine? Apparently they
take the cancer cells from a patient and create a vaccine to kill them and
inject the patient with the vaccine. This is an individual vaccine developed
for each patient. Is it working and if so why is it ...

you still have time if you want to try to stimulate the news media to
help promote prostate cancer awareness in your area.
~ curtis
knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional    

Most Who Had Surgery or Radiation Were Impotent 5 Years Later
By Salynn Boyles
WebMD Medical News  Reviewed By Brunilda Nazario, MD
on Tuesday, September 14, 2004

i was at a doctor's questions and answers and this question appeared.  i
thought you might add it to your knowledge files.
~ curtis
====================Q:  How high can the PSA level go? My father-in-law is in the last

Yes, it is true.  8 months after robotic RRP I have finally stopped
wearing the pads.  It has been a month now and still no accidents.  It
was discouraging hearing others dry up after 2 months or so after
surgery, but I kept leaking either when I was knelt over or a few

The following is Dr. Catalona's response to Dr. Stamey's recent
comments on the usefulness of PSA testing...Ron
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I believe the new Stamey study has some flaws in it and the message

On May 7, 2004, I had a seed implant at the Massey Cancer Center in
Richmond, Virginia.  Just a few days ago, I returned from a
backpacking trek on the Inca Trail in Peru.  And just a day before I
left, I received the results of my first post-implant PSA:  0.4 down

JimBob,
Your endo-doc was unusually well informed in knowing that a 5-alpha
reductase inhibitor is needed in order to give testosterone safely to
people with prostate cancer.

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my comments - this same article with sections used for their own
viewpoint has been posted in reuters, wedMD, cancer facts.com, medical
news today.  it's a shame to think of all the men who are going to read
this article and might think that the psa is useless, so why bother.  so

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