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Prostate Cancer Discussions

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Diagnosis
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After severe stomach pain my father had a lymph node removed which has proved to be cancerous. Tests revealed that this was not a primary cancer and the suggest...
305/02/07 Message Rating
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Help with Social Security Disa...
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My husband has recently had to quit work due to stage 4 prostate metastes cancer.  Now he is in begining stages of Hormone refractory.  We cannot get ...
205/01/07 Message Rating
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y husband
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HelloI am new to this board and I am thankful there are places like this to talk to others in the same boat, so to say.  My husband who is 46 yrs young was...
405/01/07 Message Rating
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BracheyTherapy
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Hi,My dad recently cancelled his scheduled Radical Prostatectomy and decided to go for a second opinion after alot of very very helpful posts on this message bo...
805/01/07 Message Rating
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psa elavation
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I had a psa of 7.7, gleason 6, 01/01/01, afetr my radical my psa has been .001 until 01/01/07 and 2 months later, 04/01/07, it was .01. Should I be cocerned tha...
104/30/07 Message Rating
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Lupon and side affects
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My dad has had three bouts with prostate cancer.  The first time, he had the surgery.  The second time, he had radiation.  The third time, he rec...
404/27/07 Message Rating
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worried about my husband
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My husband is 50,  has had 2 bouts of hodgkins disease. The last time was 2002, he had a stem cell transplant. Every 6 months he goes for cat scans. The sc...
104/27/07 Message Rating
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HDR Implants
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Have been researching different treatments, and from what I am reading about this procedure it looks quite attractive.Any comments would be helpful!
104/27/07 Message Rating
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Questions about Cancer
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My husband was recently diagnosed with Advanced Stage IV prostate cancer.  It is in his Lymphnodes. We have all results and it does not sound good.&nb...
404/25/07 Message Rating
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dandelion treatment?
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Read an article on the net that gives a recipeusing dandelion root to help heal cancer,. anybody tried it? Skip
104/24/07 Message Rating
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UP AND DOWN PSA
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Ihave a psa that bounces up and down.  the last psa readings have been in these areas: (in the order taken)4, 6, 5, 7, 10, and the last was 4.5 after a bio...
504/23/07 Message Rating
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Need info please
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My husband just turned 60.  In May of 06 his psa was 5.39.  In November of 06 it was 6.04 and in March of 07 had risen to 7.40.  He had a bx ten ...
604/22/07 Message Rating
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We're scheduled for DaVinci
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My husband is scheduled for DaVinci at the end of May.  PSA 6.2  Gleason 4+3.  We're scheduled locally with a Doc who has performed about 75 ...
904/22/07 Message Rating
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Proton therapy
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I am presently looking at/researching different treatments for PC.  One of the ones that intriques me the most is proton therapy as done at Loma Linda hosp...
104/21/07 Message Rating
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Biopsy Results - Question
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I posted last week about but forgot to ask one question about my biopsy results.Five of twelve of my core samples taken in a biopsy were positive for cancer, al...
404/20/07 Message Rating
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Post Surgery
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Prostate surgery 1 wk ago...feeling depressed & now walking very, very slowly...is this a side effect?
304/19/07 Message Rating
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New to Cancer
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I am looking to talk and get information in regards to my husband.  He is 59yrs old, very healthly. Recently diagnosed with PC. We decided to go ...
604/18/07 Message Rating
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Lots of questions????
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My husband age 67, was diagnosed with prostate cancer recently, Here is the history & questions.  June 06 had blood in the urine PSA 2.4, Doc treated h...
804/15/07 Message Rating
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Cesium - 131 Seed implants
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This question involves the most recent Radiation Seed Implant approved by the FDA which is Cesium - 131. There has been Iodine I-125 for use for many years, the...
004/13/07 Message Rating
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Side effect of Seed Implants
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I have been diagnosed with PC.  PSA of 10.3, Gleason = 3+3=6,  Stage T1c, Left side 2 0f 6 samples positive, right side none. Free PSA of 18. Age is 7...
104/13/07 Message Rating
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Spreading in Lymph Nodes
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Witchdoctor (or anyone else who knows)-You had said below in my thread of Using Hormones on Hormone Refractory Patients that if there is only lymph node spread,...
104/12/07 Message Rating
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Requesting Proton Beam Therapy...
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Hi,I would like to hear personal experiences (recovery, side effects, psa results post treatment) from those who have had proton beam therapy for pc, especially...
504/12/07 Message Rating
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Hormone treatment
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I have been off hormone treatment for a year. No since Jan to March my Psa went up to almost 5. Dr says wait and if it continues to go up have a biopsy in Sept....
404/11/07 Message Rating
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New Book by Charles Myers, MD ...
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Below is an announcement from PRNewswire. I have not yet read this book but as I have indicated on some of these message boards, I have a great amount of respec...
004/11/07 Message Rating
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HIFU in Germany
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Had my HIFU on 4-3-07 by the Chaussy-Thuroff team in Munich. Everyone associated whit these two men are top shelf. Prof.Chaussy did a TURP prior to the HIFU by ...
1304/10/07 Message Rating
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