or so Tuesday's Wall Street Journal says. Keep this in mind when
choosing treatments for advanced or recurrent cancer.
The article, "Cancer Patients Gain Say in Drug Approvals", begins with
"A cancer drug's effectiveness has long been measured in two important

With the FDA approved da Vinci® Surgical System, David Samadi, MD,
director of Robotics, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital and Crozer-
Keystone consultant, will perform a robotic-assisted
The da Vinci® System's intutive interface provides breakthrough

This afternoom I got the results from the Uro.; with a wierd look. He asked
why I went to two different labs; explaining that everything I've read, says
to stay with the same lab and/or methodology, he agreed that it's good for
"peace of mind" .

Here's to Martin Howard of Essex, England.
During late 2002, Martin was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer with a PSA of
145 and a Gleason of 9.  His choice for treatment was urine and herbal
therapy.  All the while we debated his decision, he stuck to his guns

The scenario:  Gleason 3+3, PSA 4.4. 2 of 12 cancerous with the biopsy.  A
good health insurance policy.  Age: 64 1/2 , six months from Medicare.
Consult with the urologist and pre-registered with the hospital.  No
recommendations to wait for Medicare.  Scheduled for seed ...

I had what guys call "morning wood," i.e. an erection!, with my
catheter still in!
Has anyone ever heard of this happening before? In all my readings
about RLRP, and discussions with other patients, I can't recall

I was prescribed Flomax today after having trouble with going many
times.  My prostrate biopsy results were all negative.
The doctor told me it would make me piss like I was 20 again.
Has anyone taken it that did not benefit from it?

If the reason that some opt for one procedure over another is to
prevent impotence or incontinency, I suspect that there is a definite
risk of that happening irrespective of the procedure. Shouldn't the
main concern be to get rid of the cancer?

Well, folks:
IT finally happened.  As a matter of fact, he is dosing comfortably
now.
We were just hanging out in bed, not even paying much attention to one

This debate confuses me a bit. Is it the Omega-6 in Flaxseed Oil thats
to be concerned about? And because the minute amount of Flaxseed Oil
thats in the actual Flaxseed is the reason not to be concerned about
the Flaxseed itself either whole or ground. The fiber goodness of the

This has been prompted by what I have knowledge of.
I may be ENTIRELY wrong in many of my assumptions. Please - correct them -
but NOT necessarily in the Group. I would prefer email.
What I'm seeking - is some affirmation that I'm on the right road.

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available? To help better understand this important issue, we have
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Does anyone have any experience with the Leonardis Clinic in Germany.
I went to my Urologist yestere for a followup of a clinical trial I
took part in.  He asked me how I was making out.  I told him that my
cancer was raging since I was in the trial ans that my last PSA was

Somebody brought up a topic a few days ago which may have very
significant implications for a lot of  people, so I think it deserves
its own post.  I am referring to a msg which referenced an abstract
from Urology Times about Gleason scores trending upward over the

I have elected to go with Proton Radiation  therapy (PT)  at the MD
Anderson facility in Houston. ( psa 5.5 , gleason 3+3 , T1c )
I will have a planning session with the staff late Feb and start
treatments early March. At this time it appears that I will have ~ 40