The 12 steps of Surviving a House Fire
You wake up in the middle of the night and your smoke detector is
blasting.  The house is full of smoke and you can see a ball of fire
down the hallway.  Follow the procedures exactly in numerical order.

I'm having some difficulty getting the concept of "free PSA".
What I have read is that some PSA is "bound" to protein while some is
not.  The higher the amount of "non-bound" (free PSA) the less
aggressive the cancer "tends" to be and vice versa.

I have a PSA reading of 8.11 and a Free PSA of 0.83, PSA, Free % Calc 10
What does this indicate. My Doctors group sent me an email on Dec 23 to
get test results on  their web page and that"s what I got. The next day
his office called and said "its still high and I should see a ...

The Radiation Oncology Department at NCI, where I was treated
in a clinical trial, uses a very low resolution PSA test.  I think their
theory is that, with radiation, reporting two decimal places after the
decimal point is meaningless.

I wonder how many men heard the term or know what their
PSAV was BEFORE the PCa diagnosis.
How many even heard of PSA before some doctor included

Steve K wrote:

Hi, everyone:
If brachytherapy was your choice of treatment or is under consideration
as your possible choice, I'd like to recommend
Wallner, K., Merrick, G., Blasko, J. and Dattoli, M.J. (2008) Prostate

Hi everyone.  Been awhile since I posted here.  As a reminder, here is
my bio/key stats:
Diagnosed with PCa - June 2005 (age 37)
Pre-surgery Gleason - 3+3=6

Hi folks of this group!
Here's a challenge for you - a real conundrum - or so I'm told...
For those of you who remember me you will recall that I opted out of
active participation in this esteemed group for a very personal and

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Just read some of the posts.
What a shame. To bad we dont have a moderator that could block these
people that destroy rather than build a very helpful support group.
This newsgroup and the people in it saved my life. Most knew more than

They're the only pad I find useful, but while the internet *talks* about
them and offers free samples, almost no one seems to actually *sell*
them online. Rite Aid stores sell them at half price maybe twice a year,
 including right now for the first time since last Spring. ...

Definition of breast cancer: Cancer that forms in tissues of the
breast, usually the ducts (tubes that carry milk to the nipple) and
lobules (glands that make milk). It occurs in both men and women,
although male breast cancer is rare.

Ron wrote:

And Safire injected:

Sy wrote: