Latest messages for CancerCompass discussion http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,37194,0.htm Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ good post Johnt your right and the problem with going to see a about treatment is they can only offer what they are use to doing. so before you see them you have to do your research it shouldn't be this way your finally doctor should be able to screen the treatments that will be right for you, but they don't, I'm just lucky I'm in God good grace and my holistic therapy worked out for me. My PSA doing well by coming down my free psa coming up I like to get it back up to 15 it at 8 at the moment. I feel better then I felt in years, and all the test ordered by my doctor said my blood work really good better then it was in 2007 my doctor was going over it with my RN wife they left me a bit, but both said every thing is so much better My wife said in the car Ray it working just to see and compare your blood work from 2007 till now it a lot better your right in what you say Ray this is working out good Johnt you were right in what your saying Robot assisted prostatectomy is only one of many treatments for localized prostate cancer. All treatments have equal cure rates, but different side affects. If anyone tells you there is one best way to treat this disease then run for the hills.But I just keep remembering what my naturopath told me back in 2007 that when we have cancer the whole body sick not just one or two parts of it. look what happens to some patents treated be chemo they think the cancer gone. but they are still sick so as more parts fail they are told the cancer come back. But it didn't come back. it never left The theory is as we get older our immune system gets weaker I don't know a bout a cure we produce cancer cells all the time from the day we are conceived to the day we die this is why some baby's are born with cancer but on the whole our body handles these few cancer cells quite well, it only when we produce to meany cancer cells do we get cancer tumors there must be a way to boose the imune syatem to fight cancer befor and after treatment in stead of reliying on the slash, posion, and burn, treatment we have now. jcr65566 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Robot assisted prostatectomy is only one of many treatments for localized prostate cancer. All treatments have equal cure rates, but different side affects. If anyone tells you there is one best way to treat this disease then run for the hills. Sardino at Slone Kettering says that 40% of all surgeries are not successful, defined as: no cure, complications, or permenant side affects. And this is at the best surgical cancer center in the US. The results from other institutions will be worse.Prostate cancer is very individual and treatment options must be determined only after proper staging. This includes Gleason grade, PSA, location of the tumor, volume of the tumor and tests for micro mets and lymph node involvement. Without knowing all of this choosing a treatment is like shooting dice and hoping for a favorable outcome.If the cancer has penetrated the capsule or if you have mets then no local treatment will result in a cure. In this case you must undergo multiple treatment options.JT Johnt Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT I have advanced prostrate cancer and I'm from Australia, I weight about 140klos (300lb) I think there is a problem with the way doctor do the coneltation for this treatment, because In 2007 I ended up having to see two deferent urologists in two deferent states You know My wife an RN she dos not make mistakes. She told both of there office receptionist my weight, Yet both said they would see me, and both urologists, refuse to do, the Robot-Assisted Prostatectomy, after they seen me. until I lost 40 kilos ($88.2lbs) So after spending $3000.00 on my wife and I, air fairs, hotel bills, and consolations fees, I went home in pain. A few months later, I found that a bone scan, my doctor told me to get done had found, I had the start of prostate cancer bone metastases, in my lower back, and my Ribs. Why did these two doctors see me. if they were not going to do the operation. why did there receptionist just say to me. they would not see me, in stead of it will be all right. Why did both urologists say they could not do it, yet, still charge me $179.00 and the other one charge me $250.00. for the consultation fee This really hurt me deeply, they sent me home in pain. and dispeir, If I had not found My naturopath In W,A. I be a very sick man right now. When I got home I rang both urologists office receptionist they said they had to asses the situation and they cant do it over the phone Well why did they not tell me this in the fist place, I wouldent have use up the last financeal resources I had at the time seeing them , So then I could have gone and seen another urologists and get a consultation for a radical prostatectomy (RP) it took me months after this to build up the money agen but by then it was just to late.I know it worked out better for me in the end but at the time in 2007 This realy hurt me. sorry for venting Ray jcr65566 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT  " So, please ask your doctor to about the robot-assisted prostatectomy treatment if you are suffering with prostrate cancer."Each situation is different: often there can be several treatment options that can be equally effective and worth considering.Robotic surgery might or might not be one of them, and is certainly not the cure all in every given situation.Certainly ask your doctor about it, but that is the only logical part of the above post. Johnw100 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} The continuous growth of the cells in the prostrate without any deaths causes the condition of the Prostrate Cancer. Various treatments are available as the methodological cures of the prostrate cancer. External beam radiation therapy (EBRT), radioactive seed implants, hormone therapy, Radical prostatectomy, Chemotherapy, and Cryotherapy are the treatments available to cure prostrate cancer. But, the best treatment is considered to be as the robot-assisted prostatectomy. The success rate of the robot-assisted prostatectomy is more than 80% than is much more than all other prostrate cancer treatments. Even the side effects caused by the robot-assisted prostatectomy are very less in comparison to other treatments used to cure prostrate cancer. Robot-assisted prostatectomy is the process through which the prostrate is removed when it becomes cancerous. Robot-assisted prostatectomy is a minimally invasive way to perform the same surgery using state-of-the art technology. Prostrate is about the size of the walnut and is located below the below the bladder and surrounds the urethra. Before the robot-assisted prostatectomy the tests like digital rectal exam, prostrate-specific antigen test, transrectal ultrasound are performed to understand the stage of the prostrate cancer and how much dangerous is it. After this tests the surgeon decides about that when the person can undergo the robot-assisted prostatectomy. It is only after the doctor takes the proper permission from the patient to remove prostrate from his body. Robot-assisted prostatectomy is the performed in two procedures that are traperitoneal and transperitoneal. The extraperitoneal prostatectomy does not cut through this membrane, while the transperitoneal prostatectomy does. For this process, the 5 minute incisions are made in the abdomen, which are 1 cm in width. Through these incisions the doctor inserts tube-like instruments, including a long, slender tube with a small camera on the end (laparoscope). This creates a magnified view of the surgical area. The instruments are attached to a mechanical device, and the surgeon sits at a console and guides the instruments through a viewing device to perform the surgery. The surgeon uses the robot to reduce incision size and for greater precision during surgery. The patient will then have less blood loss, decreased risk of infection, less pain, and a shorter hospital stay. The robot that “performs” the surgery consists of the surgeon console, the display system, the master arms, the control panel, the central processing unit, and the robotic arms. The robot-assisted prostatectomy is found to be beneficial for both patient as well as the surgeon. The main advantage of surgery is that it offers the most certain treatment. That is, if all of the cancer is removed during surgery, you are probably cured. Also, the surgery provides your doctor with accurate information about how advanced your cancer is, since the nearby lymph nodes are taken out along with the tumor. Robot-assisted prostatectomy is the easiest method to cure the prostrate cancer completely. Patient has to stay in the hospital for about 2 to 7 days when he undergoes the traditional open prostatectomy, while a patient undergoing robot-assisted prostatectomy can go home in a day. With the robot-assisted prostatectomy you get active within a week and you can enjoy the normal life after a month. This treatment is found to be fastest and finest treatment to overcome prostrate cancer. The best thing with the robot-assisted prostatectomy is that you experience very less side effects in comparison to other prostrate cancer treatments. Impotence or erectile dysfunction is the most common side effect of the prostrate cancer treatments, but with the help of the robot-assisted prostatectomy you may enjoy the proper functioning of your penis just after a month. So, please ask your doctor to about the robot-assisted prostatectomy treatment if you are suffering with prostrate cancer. For other articles on mens health see: http://www.trustpharma.com/blog caverta Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT