"Sun 'cuts prostate cancer risk'", BBC News, June 19, 2005,
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4090972.stm
Sunlight can reduce a man's risk of prostate cancer, a study suggests.
Researchers from three US centres found men exposed to a high amount of

Had RRP done last June 17th at Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Center in
NYC - Dr. Scardino.
After my last PSA 3 months ago I was getting a bit nervous, as it was
increasing.  Just got the call from my uro's office:

I have just been diagnosed with PC and am exlporing treatment options.
Has anyone here had any experience with, or know anything about PROTON
beam radiation treatment?  There are as far as I have found only 5 or 6
centers equipped for this therapy, but it is appealing because of ...

Hi gang!
Well, we know almost nothing other than it probably is nothing. They gave
him a round of antibiotics as it could be bacterial induced. They did
another blood test on him looking for another protein marker. (Apparently

I was recently diagnosed with Prostate Cancer (Gleason 6, stage T1C and a
PSA of 13).
I am trying to decide whether to go with surgery or radiation. I have been
told that it will take up to 6 months to recover from surgery, and that

PSA 8/2003 = 1.24
PSA 10/2004 = 12.4
PSA 11/2004 = 15.7
LRP 1/24/2005. Cancer confirmed and confined, 2 tumors, Gleason 5, cure

Makes no sense to me and my surgeon, but my BP has been consistently high
since my surgery. It ran about 120/70 or less for decades, right up through
last fall, but has consistently been 140-150/80-90 since winter.
Stress? (That ended with my ADT decision, as far as I can tell, ...

SAN FRANCISCO | June 18, 2005 5:13:35 AM IST
A tumor-suppressing gene called GSTP1 is inactivated at a rate 3.5 times
higher in U.S. blacks than among U.S. Caucasians.
Researchers at the University of California San Francisco Veterans

I don't know how to post this vis-a-vis the original thread--hope it doesn't
cause confusion.  But anyway, after urinating every ten minutes (literally)
for so many hours and hours, I went to bed, just to lie down, fell asleep,
and slept for several hours!  Woke up and since then ...

I am now one year out from my prostate operation last May - the results have
been 0 for the first 12 months and now the latest is up to 0.01. Is there
anything I should be doing other than regular 3 monthly check ups? Apart
from that I am feeling good, loads of energy and was ...

All things considered my radical went well and the pathologist believes
the critters did not escape, but only time will tell. I have been
fortunate than incontinence has been no problem, most likely its due to
some unrelated urological structure issues, but I am thankful.

   I really hesitate to make this post.  I do not want to offend anyone,
but I think the subject matter is, unfortunately, relevant to some of us.
Not sure this is any worse than some of the other things discussed here.
Hope not.  Here goes.

Hello again Aunty Virus
We need to preserve this image in OZ!
Some of the yuppies in town are becoming "mirls" or male girls!
Hide your pantyhose!

Well, I was planning to post an "update" today (about finishing RT and
having survived it) but something really excessive has happened:  I am
experiencing aftershocks!  During the radiation I developed urinary
frequency, urgency, (and burning), but with Flomax and Phenazo it was

According to this we did not sun bathe enough.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20050615/hl_hsn/sunlightlowersprostatecancerrisk