asbestos and Pca

Hi everyone, anyone heard of Pca being related to asbestos exposure? I worked in a coal fired power station for 30 years, and there was asbestos everywhere, on the pipes and ducts and floating in the air. A lot of my former fellow workers have since died of asbestos related disease.

Just wondering.

Mal.

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age 66 PSA 5.8 DRE slightly firm Rt

Biopsy 2nd July 07 5 out of 12 positive

Gleason 3+4=7  right side tumour adenocarcinoma stage T2a

RP on 30th July,

Post op Pathology, tumour stage T3a 4+3=7, microcsopic evidence of capsular penetration, seminal vessels, bladder neck, free of tumour, lymph nodes clear, no evidence of metastatic malignancy, tumour does not extend to the apical margins.

Hi maldugs , I found the following three links: da Vinci® Surgery web – Environmental and Other Causes of Prostate Cancer www.davincisurgery.com/prostate_cancer_causes.aspx Environmental Factors - Prostate Cancer Research Foundation www.prostatecancer.ca/english/prostate_owners_manual/risk_factors/lifestyle/environmental/ Index_4-17_06 Copy.fp5 – Findings saying asbestos is not a cause www.albany.edu/sph/poster_2006/abstracts/regish.pdf It doesn’t look conclusive either way. Good luck, Idaho Age: 54 PSA: 4.3 Biopsy: T1c, 3+3=6, 2 pos. samples in one side of prostate, <5% volume Da Vinci 31 Jul 2007: saved nerve bundle on side of non-cancerous side Final pathology: Confined to prostate, T2a, 3+3=6, <1% volume Working to get back into good shape Waiting to take that first post-op PSA My web site: http://pca-info.blogspot.com