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Prostate Cancer Discussions

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Choosing a Treatment
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I was recently diagnosed with cancer. My psa was 4.1. My gleason was 6 (3+3). I am 62 years old.My doctor put a lhrh implant lasting one year inside me. I'm goi...
408/20/06 Message Rating
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Prostascint
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Has anyone had the ProstaScint test done? Any useful information on this test would be appreciated. Also, has anyone visited the Cancer Treatment Centers of Ame...
308/18/06 Message Rating
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Prostascint Test
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I'm 51 and was diagnosed with prostate cancer in October 2005. I had a psa of 6.9, gleason score of 7 (3+4) but dre was neg. Stage t1. I had a rp done in Nov 05...
008/18/06 Message Rating
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Dropping Psa Values (without A...
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I am 54 years old and was diagnosed with prostate cancer a year ago. Gleason score was 6 (3+3); DRE was normal. I had not had a PSA test in 7 years; test in 199...
808/15/06 Message Rating
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Symptoms and Diagnosis...
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Just trying to learn a few things about this type of cancer and would like to ask you guys for help, what were your initial symptoms that triggered a trip to th...
708/15/06 Message Rating
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Hifu
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I have T2b, gleason 4+3, 8.9 psa prostate cancer. I am considering HIFU. There was comunication on this net in 2005 about different folks electing to use HIFU...
608/14/06 Message Rating
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Help Please Help
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I started with stage one stomach cancer but it spreaded into bone -only bone now- my doctor puzzled that usually I am guessing upto 90 % stomach cancer spreads ...
208/09/06 Message Rating
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Lost Husband to Neuro-endocrin...
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My husband was 48 years old when diagnosed with cancer. He apparently may have had it for 5 to 10 years undiagnoised due to him being a hard working labourer, ...
308/06/06 Message Rating
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my Father Was Just Diagnosed
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I am the 31 year old daughter of a man who is only 58 years old who was just diagnosed. Unknown to me, I was just told my grandfather had prostate cancer but d...
308/04/06 Message Rating
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Chemotherapy
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I am exploring treatment options for my father who was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the winter of 1999. He has received an array of hormonal therapies, in...
608/04/06 Message Rating
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What Would You Suggest For Tre...
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79 years old. Just diagnosed with prostate cancer. Gleason is 6. PSA is in normal range. Cancer on both sides of prostate. Bone scan and CT scan show no cancer ...
208/01/06 Message Rating
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Best Treatment Centers
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My husband is 46 and was just diagnosed today with cancer with a gleason score of 8. I am terrified to say the least. I am only 39 and we have a ten year old an...
507/28/06 Message Rating
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Pain After Treatments
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I am 71 and completed radiation and short period of hormone treatment over a year ago. I am experiencing worsening pain in rectum and entire mid-section (the s...
007/27/06 Message Rating
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Hifu Sonablast 500 Vs. Ablothe...
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The particulars of my diagnosis are: Gleason Score 3+3, # Cores Pos 4/6, Prostate Vol. 28cc/28 grams, PSA 7.7, Free/Total PSA Ratio 16, Bone Scan Ned, MRI Local...
507/26/06 Message Rating
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iv Vitamin c Therapy For Prost...
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I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in March of this year and decided to try IV vitamin C therapy. Have had five weekly treatments, starting with 25g and prgr...
007/22/06 Message Rating
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Scan Vs. X-ray
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Does anyone have any information on the accuracy of scans vs. x-rays in detecting cancer on the bone? My fathers scan shows many spots that do not appear on th...
007/14/06 Message Rating
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Trials With Dendreon's Sipuleu...
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Does anyone have any experience with the the phase 3 clinical trial IMPACT study that Dendreon is conducting to further evaluate the benefit of sipuleucel-T in ...
307/13/06 Message Rating
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Information on Father's Diagno...
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Just wondering about a couple of things. Does it mean you automatically have advanced prostate cancer if you have symptoms like urinary problems? A biopsy revea...
507/13/06 Message Rating
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Please Help me Help my Father.
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My Father is 62 years old and has had a high PSA since January 2006. One month it was 12 the next test was 3 and has been up and down ever since. Last week he ...
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Reactions
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I was diagnosed 6 years ago with aggressive prostate cancer. Because of other health problems(heart, diabetes), surgery was not an option. I had 6 weeks of ra...
107/12/06 Message Rating
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Elevated Psa After Surgery and...
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My father about 20 years ago had been diagnosed with prostate cancer, had surgery and did fine for about 4 years and then his PSA started rising. It has remain...
307/11/06 Message Rating
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Treatments
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I am 59yrs old and I was just diagnosed with early prostate cancer. I am looking into all kinds of treatments available. My daughter found this one through a do...
407/07/06 Message Rating
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Psa and The Numbers
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Before a TURP husbands PSA was 1.37....no cancer suspected. After surgery dx with PC and a Gleason score of 3 + 3/6. Had a PSA weeks after surgery that was .6. ...
507/04/06 Message Rating
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Psa Question
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what is your PSA..... what is normal? what does is mean when it goes up? what does it mean when it goes down? thanks erica.
106/30/06 Message Rating
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Thanks
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thank you ..u made me have a little more hope.... im with him right now see me my mother and my younger bother came up last friday..to help him out and stuff bc...
106/27/06 Message Rating
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