What a attractive profile you have.  I'm interested in you. Check my
profile to find if we're a match:
http://www.geocities.com/sarah001fans/

Larry had his first post-op RP appt. this afternoon.  Pathology report as
follows:
Prostatic adenocarcinoma, unilateral (right side)
Gleason score 8 (4+4)

Men's health care showing disparity
By Roni Rabin
November 14, 2006
In recent years, women's health has been a national priority. Pink

I had surgery in May, finished my radiation treatments in October.  My
PSA is less than 0.03 (undetectable).  The Urologist's words were "you
are our star!" and recommended a visit every 3 months from now on to
monitor PSA.  The "goal" is to continue this way for 3 years.

But experts and advocates say that when it comes to government financing for
the most common sex-specific reproductive cancers, breast cancer financing
exceeds prostate cancer financing by more than 40 percent, with prostate
cancer research receiving $394 million in 2005, and ...

Study Shows Limited Benefit for Radiation After Prostate Surgery, but
Fewer Abnormal PSA Tests
11-14-2006 7:08 AM
By CARLA K. JOHNSON

Received this via e-mail.  Don't know if anyone has heard about it.
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November 11, 2006
Protoxin, also called PRX302, is a drug being tested on men with
localized recurrent prostate cancer in Phase I clinical trials in Texas
and Vermont.

In 1991 and 1992 there is a study of Biopsy's being done after External.
Beam Radiation therapy . Has anyone had such a post radiation  biopsy,
is it current practise ???
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query ...

In order not to confuse the recent thread with high PSA (200), Steve
said something about scan not worth doing since it will not detect any
metastatic with low G score. Here is my question:
I recent;y have a second opinion of my biopsy slide, and he concurred

Excess Mortality Seen Among Prostate Cancer Patients on Long Term Androgen
Deprivation Therapy: Presented at ASTRO
By Ed Susman
PHILADELPHIA, PA -- November 9, 2006 -- In a surprise finding, a

I had robotic prostate surgery at the end of August of this year.
Surgery was relatively uneventful, nerves spared, no positive margins
or extra-capsular escape.
I'm still incontinent, using about 3 - 4 pads per day.

This is an interesting article by William Faloon reviewed and critiqued
by Stephen B. Strum.
http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2005/dec2005_supp_psa_01.htm
It says, in summary:

Survival Advantage for Additional Hormone Therapy After Radiation for
Men with Aggressive Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer
November 8, 2006.— The largest study examining the benefits of
long-term use of hormone therapy after radiation treatment for prostate

Thank you veterans for the service you provided, here and abroad, for me, my
family, our country and countries friendly to us.  Including, of course,
those of you that I know are veterans:
     Dave LaCourse