Prostate Cancer Support

Penile implants
The seminar that I went to this evening was advertised as information about ED. Well, yes it was....But... Dr. Lipschultz compared all other remedies as inferior to penile inplants. I had my RP about 20 months ago. I still have both incontinence and impotence. Frankly, I would have the implant done tomorrow if it... 19 May 2006 12:48

Generic Viagra
Hello, I went into the internet, and with suggestions purchased generic viagra from, www.xlpharmacy.com. The price for 34 pills, 100 mgs. was the same for buying 10 pills here in USA. What is up? If the generic drug, Viagra, Sidenfel....comes as advertised, and is the real thing, I am very surprised why n... 21 May 2006 18:43

Candidates Sought For Prostate Cancer Trial With Tookad
Current Canadian studies of Tookad, which was developed at the Weizmann Institute of Science, in patients with recurrent prostate cancer are the first of their kind anywhere. MONTREAL - A major Montreal study will determine if a light-activated drug developed in Israel fulfils its early promise in the treatment... 19 May 2006 11:45

Touching Base re Cryo
Hello Steve {Kramer). Bet you never thought you'd hear from me again :-) Anyway, a couple of folks have tracked me down in the last couple of months asking about Cryo, how I'm doing etc, one of them sending me a cut and paste of a comment from you regarding my PSA being as high as it was prior to the little op... 9 Jun 2006 15:20

Viagra
I live about 280 miles from my Prostate Cancer Dr. Since I cannot drive there everytime I need a prescription for Viagra, I am stuck. The Dr. said I need to come in and re-new my prescription after getting it for 5 years. I generally prefer to stay out of a Dr.s office. I am 56, and doing fine, and walk, ... 9 Jun 2006 06:02

Dr Catalona's Quest article - Age-Specific Risk of Prostate Cancer
I just received Dr Catalona's Quest, and found the articles very interesting, particularly this one. Any comments? Age-Specific Risk of Prostate Cancer: Intro: A man's risk of developing prostate cancer increases if his baseline PSA is above the median for his age group. Many physicians consider a PSA level o... 11 May 2006 13:24

Photodynamic drug to go further in trials for treatment of pca
Photodynamic drug to go further in trials for treatment of prostate cancer May 7, 2006 /source: McGill University, Montreal, Ca./ Early trials of an experimental photosensitizer cancer drug called Tookad have yielded dramatic results, according to Dr. Mostafa Elhilali, Chief Surgeon at the McGill University H... 8 May 2006 16:43

Dave's path report
Hi, all. Hoping for some feedback here for Dave. I found my surgical path report, I'm not sure what's relevant and what's not. It says, A) right obturator lymph node: two benign lymph nodes (0/2) B) left obturatoe lymph nodes two beign lymph nodes (0/2) C)apex of prostate: ... 7 May 2006 20:23

3 more PCA articles from 5-2-06 Medscape
*Chemotherapy and Novel Agents for Patients With Advanced Prostate Cancer: New Developments* Robert Dreicer, MD, FACP ?? Introduction The demonstration in 2 randomized trials that a modest but real survival benefit can be derived from docetaxel-based chemotherapy (when compared with the benefit seen in patien... 4 May 2006 19:53

IMRT anyone?
I had a consultation with a radiation oncologist last week to discuss my options in that area and to my surprise was told that IMRT was probably as good an option, from an outcomes point of view, as seed implants for me. I was aware of IMRT, but really hadn't done any research on it before. Now I have, but I ... 13 May 2006 09:39