For those of you who were following my previous posts.
I had my meeting with the RO yesterday (10/21) at the VA hospital in Ann
Arbor, MI.  It's about a 3 hour trip from my house to Ann Arbor.  And
then I was in with the doctors (RO and resident both from the U of M) for

Anyone ever hear of this surgery to remove a Prostate ? My Brother Paul
said this is the way to go and will do it if biopsy shows cancer. He
said all nerve bundles are spared..even the seminal function ?? (No
shooting blanks)...Me, I had the DiVinci and  Paul said because I only

<0.05           Howie

Scientific American, November 2008 issue, page 22.
"Clinical trials testing various cancer vaccines have failed
miserably."
Some researchers say that the agents have been examined in the wrong

Well, it looks like I'm the new kid on the block.  August the 19th I
had my second biopsy, the first one was about six or seven years ago
which was negative.  Unfortunately this last one was positive.
I had my first prostate screening exam about 35 years ago and was

See, Donna M. Peeh et al., "The Significance of Monoamine Oxidase-A
Expression in High Grade Prostate Cancer" JUrol November 2008, pages
2206-2211.
It begins, "Gleason grade 4/5 prostate cancer is a determinant for

For a few days now when I click on a post, it comes up blank and REPLY
gives me the poster's e-mail address, not the forum's address.
Am I alone in this?
I.P.

Lupron was like magic for about nine months.....the nodules "resolved"
and my PSA went down to <0.1 with the
scale they use here.  About one year ago the nodules returned and my psa
began to move upward.  Casodex was added and the psa dropped slightly

This my first posting.  I am 57 and was diagnosed with metastatic prostate
cancer two years ago with Gleason scor of 9 and a PSA of only 4.  I have had
ADT for 9 months but gave up because of the side effects.  i have recently
had a CT of the chest which showed mutiple pumonary ...

I am new to this group.
This disease sucks.  Been doing ADT or about 18 months and now my PSA
has been rising for 6 months.
Stay well guys;

My history:
PSA of 1.7 under proscar.  I took as equivalent to 3.4
12 core biopsy performed in Oct 2007 based on my breast cancer, BRCA2
genetic mutation and older brothers prostate cancer.

I have a prostate operation about a year ago. i am 55 years old. I am
having real issues with retragrade ejaculation. I am still sexually
active and just cannot adjust to the new sensation. My doc said all
would be fine but I was not prepare properly for this. Anyone have

PSA < 0.040
T = 67

First off Steve, CONGRATS on your own new numbers, outstanding.   Now my
new number might not be nearly as great as yours, but I am trying to
follow you.  We no longer quite parallel each other as we follow this
road to wherever, but I am trying. As of this week my new psa is 0.6 ...

VA suspends prostate cancer treatment programs at four hospitals
After a months-long inquiry into why dozens of prostate cancer treatment
patients at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Philadelphia received
lower-than-prescribed radiation doses, VA has suspended similar ...