Monthly Archives: May 2011

#Yukon River 460 miles non stop in a kayak race in aid #prostatecancer good luck James Aven http://www.devon2dawson.co.uk

Maybe the problem with the PSA blood test is not with the anxiety caused to patients but with the way that Doctors and Consultants interpret the PSA reading. Should the Doctors be better informed about which patients need to be … Continue reading →

I was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer in Feb 2006 with a PSA of 125. Hormone therapy brought my PSA down to less than 0.1 (undetectable). In October 2009 I decided to stop the hormone therapy and carry … Continue reading →

#IADT is working for me. I have mets and stage 4 PCa. 3.5 years #HT then 18mths IADT. PSA rose to 55. HT now since March #PSA now 0.5.

Researchers from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre analysed blood samples from over 12,000 Swedish men in the 1970s (meaminful results from prostate cancer studies takes many years as it is in most cases a slow growing cancer) and found that nearly … Continue reading →

AUA conf note aggressive prostate cancers send early PSA signals could this save lives? So why cant we men have a routine PSA test to look for these signals. Its the health care professionals that need to look closely as to … Continue reading →

A cure prostate cancer a WONDER drug!! Here we go again is coffee really a cure for my cancer or just another eye catching headline!

Drinking Coffee may slow prostate cancer say Harvard School of Medicine in study of 48,000 men

  The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston USA are saying that Active Surveillance is emerging as an alternative to treatment in men with low risk prostate cancer. red sock have been saying for YEARS now that Active Surveillance should be … Continue reading →

If the 11k men that will die this year of PCa had 1 wish it would be “I WISH I HAD A PSA TEST EARLIER” Why does the Health service ignore us