Uncertainty about the need for prostate cancer
Medical Study NewsPublished: Wednesday, 16-Mar-2005  
 Initial results from an ongoing study evaluating the benefit of
prostate cancer screening practices demonstrate that the combined use of

The following is a link to a UK Prostate Cancer site that is interesting and
may be usefull to those in the UK.
http://www.prostate-cancer.org.uk/index.asp
Tom

Austin American-Statesman  Friday, March 11, 2005
COMMENTARY By John Kelso
I've come up with a cure for the Social Security problem - the apple tax.
The apple tax would work like this: Every time you buy something that's good

had my appointment with the doctor.  i was able to talk with him for
almost an hour and there are some very interesting facts that were
brought out.
here's some of them.

In another post I mentioned, tongue in cheek, that perhaps the doc was
recommending a bone scan in order to make a payment on his BMW.  While
I intended the comment to be a joke, I feel there is a lot of truth in
the implication and a lot of unnecessary testing done in the name of

6 weeks out of Robotic Surgery...still tip of weenie still hurts and
burns a bit when urinating, also evenings I hurt  at the bottom end. And
when I go to urinate...using those muscles to get the pee going really
can hurt at times..is most of this pretty normal ? I see Uro 16th. ...

I would imagine this is probably one of the biggest questions on this group
but I 'm gonna ask again. I'm 54, last week had biopsyies PSA is 4.1 , 3+3
and T1c.      The surgeon and my gut feeling says cut it out, be gone with
it (BTW is that what RRP is)? The radiation guy says ...

(my Internet provider has had major news server problems for months,
and I just this week finally starting getting news again, so I am way
behind, so excuse me if this has been answered.)
Short question, what now after radiation and Lupron treatments have

The following extract is taken from a pamphlet that was given to me by
a local herborist during my last visit to his store.
"There is now a mass of evidence showing very powerful protective and
therapeutic effects of green tea against cancer and other diseases. But

My internist (who is about my age (56) and who has been my Dr. all of my
adult life) called me at 5pm and said that he got the bone scan.
This is the bone scan from last week that showed something suspicious in
a rib (another one had an old fracture but this rib was different)

I had a cystoscopy and biopsy done 2 days ago. Everything is fine and there
is no pain. However I do have fresh blood in my urine just after I move my
bowel. At other times there is no blood, only straight after bowel
movements.

Saw incontinence specialist at NW Hosp Monday, he said there was a drug
for incont, that doesn't raise blood pressure. It ended with " . . .
mine". What would this be? (I'm going back in a couple weeks for
cystoscopy, so I can find out then, but thought one of you might know.)

I'm scheduled for RRP in two weeks. Age 66, PSA 4, Gleason 6 in one
sample of 12. It is early detection, and I'm lucky to be expecting the
best chances. It must be done, and I think I'm as prepared as I can be.
The plans are made, and for now, my coping stategy is to try to ...

got the results of this last psa test.  
<.04
down from .05
will see the surgeon next wednesday to kick around what's going on.  

- 7th March 2005
A new palladium-based prostate cancer treatment has been shown to
deliver a marked improvement in comparison with traditional remedies.
A peer-reviewed 12-year study of brachytherapy using palladium-103