I've heard anectdotal stories, and read a couple of study results, that seem
to indicate a -very- low fat diet helps control PCa.
I've read that Dr. Ornish 's diet can be helpful. Ornish restricts the diet
to no greater than 10% of total calories to fat -from all sources.

I have heard all these terms...do they mean the same thing?
And, do I understand that basically the only differnece (advanatge) is
that the procedure leaves 5 small incisions to heal vs. one several
inches long from the traditional surgery?

A new study of an estrogen-derived drug shows promise as a treatment
for breast cancer and breast cancer metastases to bone.
http://theanalystmagazine.com/pr/401092.htm
In breast cancer, the cancer commonly lodges in the bone, destroying

Foreign suppliers of drugs escaping FDA scrutiny
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007      14:41 MDT
Government inspectors visit the foreign companies that make more and more of

this has to do with breast cancer, but can the same thing not be used
for prostate cancer???
the local tv news gets ahold of some of the medical break through
segments that i never see any place else.  i have no references to give,

For those who are interested:
At the 36 month mark from start of treatment:
PSA results yesterday = 0.14, down from 0.2, up from 0.05, up from
undetectable - all @ 3mth intervals, since the 18mths ADT left my

First of all I was in a state of high anxiety all week and was on
tranquilizers just to get through each day...but that's just me.
The night before  I was instructed to take one tablet of Cipro
(antibiotic) which had no side effects at all.

I went to a short seminar last night.  It was entitled, "New Discoveries in
Cancer".  It seemed to focus on targeted therapies, but covered most
therapies for general cancer.
NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN

An article of interest covering a controlled study of "Watchful Waiting" or
as these Docs want to call it "Surveillance Theory Against Radical
Treatment"
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071101.wlprostate01/BNStory
/specialScienceandHealth/home

At this time last year I was suddenly hit with inability to urinate. My
PSA was around 7, and my urologist said he suspected cancer after an
exam, telling me the prostate was rock-hard.
I underwent a biopsy (I experienced an easy time of it). The samples

This article appeared in some Sunday papers across the country.
http://www.grandforksherald.com/articles/index.cfm?id=55160&section=news

Putting this on here because he obviously had a reoccurrence of Pca
after his RP, that was put into remission by RT in 1998.
Heather (and he was born in the US, but raised here as his father was
from Quebec)