For Aussies, 60 Minutes this Sunday, segment called "Secret Men's Business":
http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/sixtyminutes/stories/2005_08_14/story_1469.asp

Hi, Howie here...due for my 3rd PSA in Sept..Had the robot prostate
surgery in Feb..so far so good. Can someone tell me of a good discussion
group about the heart ? Maybe someone here can help? I get these ?? like
extra heart beat just to the right of center chest..sometimes mild,

i found this pamphlet at the urology office.  it was the only copy in
the whole big display.  
i will post this as a trial to see in any one is interested.  it is in
sections.   it is has a lot of information.  

My BIL has no appetite and I am hoping someone on this list has found a
stimulant my sister can use for him.  BIL is receiving chemo.  I believe
this is the15th year of his dx. of CA of the Prostate.  He had a TURP years
ago at first diagnosis, and has done fairly well until about a ...

August 11, 2005
CREDIT: Ray Smith, CanWest News Service
Dave Smith is a cancer survivor.
Eight years ago, things weren't looking good for retired engineer Dave

In April 2000 PSA of 0.5 and "bump" on prostate.  Had positive biopsy
followed by RRP May 2000.  PSA < 0.1 until June 2002 when PSA was 0.12
followed by PSA of 0.24 in Aug 2002.  Lupron followed by Orchiectomy in Dec
2002 - PSA < 0.1 since that point in time.

The finasteride prostate cancer prevention trial (PCPT) - What have we
learned?
Mellon JK.
Department of Cancer Studies and Molecular Medicine, University of

Question:  How long does it take until there is no more blood in your
urine after RRP?  My RRP was done on March 24th of this year and I have
yet to stop bleeding when I urinate.  If I exercise or just go shopping
it is almost like pure blood, bright red.  Regardless of what I do ...

   Do any of you experience a sudden urgent need to urinate?  I do not mean
that you just pee a large quantity, but rather that you get an urgent need
to go.  When I get up at night I dump 500 ml or more, but there is no
"urgent" sense to go.

Pfizer has submitted an application to the FDA for its experimental
cancer medicine Sutent, which is designed to stop the blood supply to
tumor cells and directly attack them.
11 Aug 2005, 17:22 GMT - Pfizer is seeking FDA approval for Sutent as a

"My one wish with prostate cancer," says Dr. Thomas Stamey, a veteran
researcher at Stanford University, "is that before a doctor does anything
aggressive, he would tell his patient that all men will develop the disease
eventually." He pauses to let the bad news sink in. "The ...

I thought I posted this already, but I don't see it in the post
listing.  Perhaps I did something wrong.
Last week we saw the urologist who reported to us that the past three
months of PSA's were .30, .35, and .37.  So we are now labeled as an

I hope that this does not sound too imbecilic.
I've read "somewhere" in my research that sitting for extended periods
can be just one of the exacerbations that may help cause PCa. Has anyone
here ever heard of this? I have a somewhat stressful job sitting at the

Hi Gang,
Had my three month post-surgery (robotic) PSA.  Came back 0.0 (not sure
about the sensitivity of the lab equipment they use there, but the lowest
reading they record).  Get my PSA every three months and see the surgeon in

Authors    Saranchuk JW. Kattan MW. Elkin E. Touijer AK. Scardino PT.
Eastham JA.
Department of Urology, Sidney Kimmel Center for Prostate and Urologic
Cancers, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New