CancerCompass message board discussion started by frightenedwife on 5/6/2008 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,23800,0.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ The Mayo Clinic had published an article indicating possibility that high PSA inhibits circulation growth needed by cancers and that this could possibly be one of the reasons for the generally slower growth of prostate cancer.  If that is indeed the case, wouldn't the use of Lupron (or anything else that lowered PSA) have a deleterious effect on outcome? frightenedwife Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT Hi,You have me at a disadvantage on this question.I have recurrent prostate cancer after a failed radical four years ago.....in Feb. 08 my PSA was 0.5..........two months after being on Lupron and Casodex my PSA is under 0.01. Lupron is generally the drug of choice to put the tumor into remission and shrink it before any major therapy. I should have been given it four years ago........Oncologist told me that.Prostate cancer feeds on testosterone........Lupron blocks it. And something else........don't be mistaken: prostate cancer is usually slow growing........for awhile........then it can really take off. This is not uncommon. It took my PSA four years to get from 0.00 to 0.33........then in a month it went to 0.45, and in a week it went to 0.53.Good Luck............Stan. shep42 Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT hi  i was wondering how long yall have been on the lupron treatments ? i have been on them for two years now and my psa  count has been going up  slowly for the past  6 months last  test i was a 0.71 bubba334 Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT  On 5/8/2008 bubba334 wrote:hi  i was wondering how long yall have been on the lupron treatments ? i have been on them for two years now and my psa  count has been going up  slowly for the past  6 months last  test i was a 0.71I was on it for 2 years and then off it for a year until my PSA started to rise, now I am back on it and my PSA is .1  after about 7 weeks on it again. plus Casodex for 45 days, and now off Casodex.  needhelp Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT  On 5/11/2008 needhelp wrote: On 5/8/2008 bubba334 wrote:hi  i was wondering how long yall have been on the lupron treatments ? i have been on them for two years now and my psa  count has been going up  slowly for the past  6 months last  test i was a 0.71I was on it for 2 years and then off it for a year until my PSA started to rise, now I am back on it and my PSA is .1  after about 7 weeks on it again. plus Casodex for 45 days, and now off Casodex.is casodex a pill and dose it cause many side effects for you  bubba334 Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT