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Board: Cancer: Prostate 06-11-2012, 09:51 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,553
Posted By Johnt1
Re: How fast does prostrate cancer spread?

You are being rushed and this will not result in the most favorable outcome. Bone and CT scans are a 50% proposition except in very high risk cases with high psa. If you wish to gain more information...
Board: Cancer: Prostate 06-10-2012, 01:09 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,157
Posted By Johnt1
Re: Ongoing battle with Prostate cancer

Are you taking Adovart during your "off" period? Advovart has been proven to extend the time you are off HT.
Board: Cancer: Prostate 05-09-2012, 09:58 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,145
Posted By Johnt1
Re: PSA increases

Mr. Splash,

I would first ask your doctor for a free psa test and a urine PCA3 test. If these are abnormal then by all means get a biopsy.
Taking a valium and a viocodine before a biopsy makes...
Board: Cancer: Prostate 04-17-2012, 09:24 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,334
Posted By Johnt1
Re: PC at 51

Jersey,
You can do AS if it is monitored by a doctor that is familiar with AS, As you said at 70 it would be a no brainer, but at 50 it gets a little trickier. If I were embarking on an AS program I...
Board: Cancer: Prostate 04-12-2012, 01:27 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 869
Posted By Johnt1
Re: Gleason 8 psa 4

Before making a decision you should at least consult with a radiologist and a brachytherapist that have no relation to your urologist. Either form of radiation has had excellent results with the...
Board: Cancer: Prostate 03-02-2012, 10:15 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,077
Posted By Johnt1
Re: Need more advice please

Jackie,
Your husband should have been given Casodex two weeks prior to Lupron to prevent flair. You should be seeing a prostate oncologist at this time and not a urologist. Your doctor was very...
Board: Cancer: Prostate 02-26-2012, 04:10 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,332
Posted By Johnt1
Re: Husband just diagnosed with prostate cancer

Jackie,
Don't be too hard on your doctor as there are probably only a handful of doctors that could have recognized this. I spent 10 years with a rising psa that finally got to 40. I went to major...
Board: Cancer: Prostate 01-30-2012, 09:48 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,243
Posted By Johnt1
Re: What am I in for?

Your psa is normal for a 54cc prostate, but the DRE and MRIS are suspicious so a biopsy is warrented. To insure the biopsy hits the suspected area you may want to consider a color doppler guided...
Board: Cancer: Prostate 01-03-2012, 10:45 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 6,165
Posted By Johnt1
Re: PSA: Active Surveillance - or 2nd Opinion?

Cowboy,
I don't think you can go wrong with Scholz/Bahn. They were the ones that discovered my PC after 10 years of going to urologists and having 13 negative biopsies. If you are against invasive...
Board: Cancer: Prostate 12-14-2011, 09:42 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 6,165
Posted By Johnt1
Re: PSA: Active Surveillance - or 2nd Opinion?

The best color doppler radiologists are Dr Duke Bahn in Ventura Ca, Dr Fred Lee in Rochester MI and Dr Michael Dattoli in Sarasota Fla. With the CDU it's the Indian and not the arrow, meaning that...
Board: Cancer: Prostate 11-21-2011, 08:35 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,451
Posted By Johnt1
Re: High PSA Biopsy Negative

Cact,
Bph does not usually cause a psa of 24 and a high psa is abnormal and must be investigated and all causes eliminated. Unfortunately the vast majority of doctors just don't know how to do this....
Board: Cancer: Prostate 11-02-2011, 07:00 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 4,380
Posted By Johnt1
Re: Psa 24

A psa of 24 is worrisome. The fast rise to 24 does indicate some type of infection as prostate cancer usually does not rise that fast. A course of antibiotics like Cipro or Bactrum should reduce the...
Board: Cancer: Prostate 08-22-2011, 09:47 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 5,542
Posted By Johnt1
Re: Proton therapy and brachy info needed

To add to Jim's excellent comments it may be helpful to understand why surgeries fail.
1. The cancer has escaped beyond the capsul and is systemic.
2. The cancer is still localized but has extended...
Board: Cancer: Prostate 04-18-2011, 03:20 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 5,927
Posted By Johnt1
Re: Husband just diagnosed, won't talk about it, any advice?

You have been given some great advice. Don't let the doctor rush you into a treatment before you get 2nd opinions from a radiologist and medical oncologist specializing in PC. "Invasions of the...
Board: Cancer: Prostate 03-16-2011, 08:55 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,998
Posted By Johnt1
Re: tests for diagnosing pc

Jim,
I would doubt that the USPIO scan would be used for low risk patients. The criteria for getting the Combidex scan was very strict, evidence of lymphnode involvement, (very high psa or very high...
Board: Cancer: Prostate 03-15-2011, 08:06 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,998
Posted By Johnt1
Re: tests for diagnosing pc

You can get a PCA3 uriine test or consider a color doppler ultrasound for a targeted biopsy.
JohnT
Board: Cancer: Prostate 02-17-2011, 10:56 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 20,414
Posted By Johnt1
Re: Pomegranate confirmation!!!!!

You don't have to use POMX. Life Extensions has a pomegranite extract that I have been taking for 2 years and I'm sure they will ship to Canada.
JT
Board: Cancer: Prostate 02-17-2011, 10:52 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 6,502
Posted By Johnt1
Re: Fluctuating PSA Readings - Long Story

If you don't want to get a 24 core biopsy then I would suggest a color doppler ultrasound and a biopsy can be done on only the areas that are suspicious, between 3 and 6 samples. The CDU should be...
Board: Cancer: Prostate 10-30-2010, 09:50 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 9,071
Posted By Johnt1
Re: Recently diagnosed, thoroughly perplexed about options

Allen,
I've had a total of probably over 150 sample biopsy cores, many in the same area and never had a problem. I don't think there is an issue with smples being close to one another.
The thought...
Board: Cancer: Prostate 06-07-2010, 01:02 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 11,178
Posted By Johnt1
Re: My dear dad, PSA 50, Gleason 9

Get a good poestate oncologist to treat your dad. Even if he has to travel for a consullt all treatmenst can be done locally and monitored from afar. Some good ones are Stephend Strum in Ashland ore,...
Board: Cancer: Prostate 05-31-2010, 09:54 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,106
Posted By Johnt1
Re: What are the side affects of Radiotheapy

The side affects of radiation are fairly benign compared to other treatments. Incontinence is rare and bowel issues occurr in about 5%. Most usual side affects are frequent urination and urgency for...
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