I am a physician running one of the largest erectile dysfunction/sexual
dysfunction clinics in the world.  I am sickened by the large numbers
of men who are receiving radical prostatectomies for small low grade
tumors that were not causing any symptoms, but were detected by a small

Disclaimer: I post this for information and discussion, not to advocate
for / against any treatment position.  Also keep in mind that all
treatments have improved over the intervening years
A while back I posted some work by Tewari and Menon that suggested

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any thoughts on Tomotherapy?

Has anyone in the group had a laser PVP AFTER seeds?  I am considering
a Holmium Laser PVP to remove some median lobe tissue from the
prostate.  I am eager to talk with anyone who had the same procedure
after brachytherapy.

My husband had radiation treatment about 11 years ago (Gleason 7 PSA 7.4
dropped to 2.0)
Seed implants 6 years ago (PSA 4.8 dropped to .02)  
6 months ago, PSA was at 5.35. Tests indicated cancer was still

Bad is never good until worse happens.
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Since you don't get Fox, news that you won't here on liberal media....
Things are going so well in Iraq that we are pulling out 30,000 troops
We just got the leader of an Alqueda cell north of Bagdad (what?  They're
there?).  We got the last leader of the same cell that replace the ...

Has anyone here been involved with the trial of this procedure at
McGill Univ in Montreal?
TIA
Allan

Surgery Plus Radiation Does Not Control Aggressive Prostate Cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 28 - Lymphovascular invasion (LVI) in
prostate cancer remains a strong predictor of poor outcome even when
radical prostatectomy is followed by radiation therapy, investigators

After my PSA went fro .67 to 1.1 [ran test again a week later and it
was .93] in 3 mos., yesterday I saw Dr. Bruce Roth at Vanderbilt in
Nashville. Roth was formerly at Indiana, treated Lance Armstrong, is a
member of ECOG, etc. He follows the traditional thinking in every

I had a consultation with a radiation oncologist last week to discuss my
options in that area and to my surprise was told that IMRT was probably
as good an option, from an outcomes point of view, as seed implants for
me. I was aware of IMRT, but really hadn't done any research on ...

Got my Psa report from 05/05. It was 0.06. I am happy about this.
My RP was 03/13. Psa then was 36.8.  I don't know if they still plan on
radiation.
Does the Gleason scale carry more weight than the Psa now? The G was in

I'm putting in an appeal to my insurance company that Steve's post-rp
Viagara prescription is for a valid medical reason. Has anyone
successfully done this?  Or does anyone know any documentation for it?
As far as I know, it is just a "can't hurt, ought to help" thing, but I

I started on casodex 2/28. Took 7 pills. 1 aday. Then they gave me a
shot of Zoladex in the stomach. Juniper posted to me it was supposed to
last 84 days. Had RP on 03/13/06.
I know these drugs inhibit testosterone. Can one of the SE's be