Treatment Delay Might Not Affect Outcome for Most Prostate Cancer
Patients
By Charlene Laino
ATLANTA, GA -- October 6, 2004 -- Men with prostate cancer who receive

Fox Chase Cancer Center Oct 6, 2004 Do prostate cancer patients not at
high risk need long-term hormone therapy with radiation?
Men with prostate cancer who do not have a high risk of recurrence or
disease progression do not need to have long-term hormone therapy in

Report to the Nation on Prostate Cancer 2004
Copyright © 2004 Prostate Cancer Foundation.
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Management of Localized Prostate Cancer

i'm just the messager - i personally believe he is a survivor, not
cured.
~ curtis
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How long after the end of a seven-week course of external radiation does the
prostate become so damaged that orgasms are dry? That impotence occurs?
I know "that your mileage may vary", but what are reasonable ranges?

Second followup, 9 months post RRP.
PSA < 0.1
I feel so lucky, and so sad for others that got the "tails" side of the
coin.

Sen. Kerry's case of PCa is described in this article.  Briefly, his father
died of PCa in old age, Kerry's PCa was never over 4, but biopsy was
warrented because of PSA velocity.  His doctor was Dr. Walsh, who uses the
term "cured."

tomorrow we find out the results from Curt's CT, bone scan and PSA.based on
those results we will be going to the Mayo in Rochester MN (about 3 hrs
away) and possibly Zion IL to the Cancer Centers of America.
I couldn't imagine trying to go through this without good insurance. our

 2 years after RP and I 'm having all these hemmoroid problems. I guess
it's a small price to pay. Anyone else?

We went to see the radiation oncologist today. Doc said what prostate?
"Feels gone, just like having a RP, hmm. little nodule on the left". Took
him maybe 5 seconds if that. Then his young doctor in rotation felt around
and apparently had a hard time trying to find the little nodule ...

I had RRP almost 2years ago, my last PSA test came back a "little
high" so said the uroligist, .05. They had me redo it and it was back
down to .01. Should I be concerned? I was diagnosed at Gleason 7(4+3),
5 of 6 biopsy samples positive, but no Lymph node invasion.

I got the results of my first PSA test today, 3 months after my RRP,
and it came back 0.03. As Patrick Walsh says in his book, the biggest
worry after RRP is the first PSA test. 0.20 is the cutoff. Anything
above that and you have to start worrying about localized or distant

ANGUS HOWARTH
SCIENTISTS believe that aspirin can help men with prostate cancer live
longer.
The headache pill and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

John and I have "done it" twice with the injection.  I had to help him the
second time.  He said he couldn't move the plunger but I told him his hand
was shaking.
We'll have to get used to this I guess.  We have an additional problem with

Just got word this morning that one of my brothers had just died of
PCa.....out of 9 brothers, 4 have been Dxd with PCa....within the last 5
months, 2 have died from it.....I have been fortunate enough to have a close
friend who is a Doctor and actually forced me to go for a ...