"When you sign up for a trial program does everyone run a 50/50 chance of being assigned to the control group?" All clinical trials are different. For this...
Jerry: Thanks for all the great feedback. All any of us can do is conduct a little research, place our bets and hope for the best. I intend to remain active on...
Don: The video is absolutely mind-boggling. It has the potential of changing everything. I need to view it again(and again?), because it is jam-packed and...
I had lunch with one of my Pals on Friday and he related that Dr. Myers sent him to Sandlake Imaging in Orlando Florida for 3 procedures one of which was an...
Hello Don, Actually I have another local medical oncologist at Frank Hutchinson in Seattle, his name is Dr. Bruce Montgomery. He is the one who recommended...
Joe, Do I read this right? Is he saying that the FL scan searches only the lymph glands? The other question I have is whether the Pet Scan can truly find all...
Then that would tie in with what Pat said at lunch, that the scan did not profile his gland. Possibly the contrast compound not absorbed by the gland. But it...
Hey David, From what I understand the choline ct pet scan will be able to detect prostate cancer tumour over 1mm anywhere in the body. Below is a link to a...
Just my take, I like to see maybe new devices/scans being used but the question still arises if they show nothing, what action do you take? 1 mm as in ONE...
Thanks very much for posting that choline scan video. The lecture makes it clear that prostate cancer does not have to be in the prostate so a rapidly rising ...
Richard, From my reading in the medical journals, a lot depends upon your pre-treatment PSA readings, pre-treatment Gleason score and pre-treatment stage,...
I am finding more and more acceptance for testosterone therapy for post prostate cancer treatment patients. My own oncologist says that a few years ago, she...
My opinion is if you have prostate cancer, you better get some kind of treatment quick if you expect to get treated at all. One facility, however great, will...
I am not familiar with the "new" studies. I'm sure your oncologist knows what she is doing. My docs have consistently said they would not suggest it unless...
Thomas - Dr. "Snuffy" Myers in "Ask Dr. Myers" talks about a case of an 80 year Ohio old man with male hypogonadism who had (is sequential) 1) RP surgery, 2)...
"I'm Rebecca & my father has prostate cancer. He is 72 & Gleason is 7(4+3), PSA is 7.2 & it's a T2b. I'm trying to help him make informed decisions. I'm...
Rebecca,  My husband is having treatment in Jacksonville, Florida at the Proton Institute. We would be happy to share our experiences with you. We are in...
Thank you Terry. I'm interested in any & all experiences from this treatment. My dad lives in Virginia & has had an initial appt in Hampton for the proton...
Rebecca, I was treated at Florida Proton from April-June 2010.Like your dad I was gleason 7(4=3). My experience at UFPTI was excellent as was our time in...
While I have no experience with Hampton, I conversed with radiation oncologists at the University of Maryland Medical Center just over one year ago and...
In my opinion, University of Texas/MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston is the prime cancer center in the world. I finished proton therapy there last week and...
I certainly hope this is true and that my urologist and/or oncologist will accept it. I was taking testosterone injections for 14 years before my prostate...
I ,too, would be very interested in whether testosterone therapy is possible and prudent after radiation treatment. I have wondered about this, so this...
Gents, Here is a good article on it: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/tre.178/pdf I have one more quarterly shot of Lupron to go, so in about 4...
Do they use the fiducial markers at MD? I'm a little bit uncomfortable about those. Terry Connected by DROID on Verizon Wireless ... From: John Roehm...
Yes, they use Fiducial markers (2). None of the group that were patients with me had any problem with them. One takes an antibiotic pill each day for 3 days as...
No argument. What treatment did you receive, which gantry, 78GYE? ADT? Regards ... From: John Roehm To: protoninfo@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012...
Age 80. Â PSA 22.6 Â Stage IIbN0M0. Â "Watchful waiting" for 6 years since original diagnosis of Gleason 6. Now Gleason 7. Treated in Gantry #3. Â Endorectal...
