Merry Christmas to all.  It has been an especially fine one for me with my
children, their spouses, and my eight grandchildren coming to my house for
brunch and present exchange.
I hope everyone is having a great holiday.

Here is a link to a newly-published study:
Klotz L, et al., "The efficacy and safety of degarelix: a 12-month,
comparative, randomized, open-label, parallel-group phase III study in
patients with prostate cancer." BJU Int. 2008 Dec;102(11):1531-8.

I was wondering if anyone has seen the releases on noscapine ?  There is a
study by Dr. Barken.  Thanks

Below is a link to a PowerPoint presentation for PCa and Nutrition.
http://www.prostateawarenessfoundation.org/Nut_ProstatePAF_Greta_Macaire.ppt

Anyone have any experience with how long Viagra, Levitra, Cialis, will
still be effective sitting in a bottle, or even worse cut in half and
sitting around a few years? I have the opportunity to inherit some old
pills, and with the high cost don't want to just throw them out, but ...

Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Elevate Testosterone Levels
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Grapefruit juice had been out of the house for 3, maybe four years since
my spouse switched to a cholesterol drug that interacts with the stuff.
Was in the grocery store last week and they had a great price on cans of
grapefruit juice so bought an armload and started drinking it. We ...

I saw this in our local newspaper today and it looked very interesting.
BobS
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/dec/19/researchers-target-cancer-cells-note-
treatment-sw-/
http://www.kanziuscancerresearch.com/winter08-09update.htm

I inadvertantly deleted my message "Just getting started.  Is this the
right path -Part II SURPRIZE", as well as all the replies, thus far.
Cannot retrieve them.
Would those of you who have replied, please either repost them and/or

"Just Getting Started, Is this the right path?"  was the first part of
my journey, (11/21/08) up to needle biopsy. Part II, this message,
deals with the results of that biopsy and where we go from here.
The surprize is that, in spite of the "nothing to worry about"

Destroying the Myth About Testosterone Replacement and Prostate Cancer
By Abraham Morgentaler, MD, Facs Introduction By William Faloon
For decades, the medical establishment erroneously conjectured that
testosterone replacementestoster one therapy increases one’s risk of

I went to my Internist today for my annual physical...  lose weight...
exercise more...  glad to hear 'bout your PSA....
But, while I was there, I spoke to the nurse.  Her husband was just dx'd
with PCa.  After the ensuing RRP, his PSA is undetectable.  His brother

in half for men with advanced prostate cancer
Tuesday, December 16, 2008    10:27 GMT
LONDON  --  Treating advanced prostate cancer with radiation and hormone-blocking drugs cut the death rate in half in a study of Scandinavian men, researchers report. In the United States, the ...

Nearly everything has to have some "best buy" date or

I've never heard of spontaneous remission of prostate cancer, so I'm both
excited and a little confused by some good news I got the day before
Thanksgiving.
Three years ago (at age 61) I was diagnosed when PCa was found in two of 12