Thanks all! I am on ADT (Lupron, at this point) for life and I believe bicaludamide as well. Tall Allen, so while Xtandi, Zytiga are used when rising psa in spite of Lupron, if you can site easily...
I just completed 6 rounds of chemo (docetaxle) 3 weeks ago and I am attempting to understand the road map options for my next treatment steps (my results and lessons learned posted recently against...
I just completed 6 rounds (3 week intervals) of docetaxle 2 1/2 weeks ago. Two weeks in advance of my first treatment I began taking Bicalutamide, 1 week later I received a 3 month injection of...
I just completed 6 cycles, as well. bicaludimide then one week later lupron, then a week later docetaxle, no prednisone. I would echo Southern Comfort's lessons learned except: Port: I chose...
Just got radiology reports (bone and CT) that I will be reviewing with my oncologist tomorrow and have a few questions on interpreting terms. "Interval development of ..." INTERVAL DEVELOPMENT means...
Allen, Great suggestion - I have no idea how you keep on top of this stuff...but, we all appreciate it! I pulled the trial up and it looks like they haven't yet accepted participants. I will contact...
EMBARK: all procedures associated with this trial are done locally. Stanford: 1) the NaF Scan does not satisfy their criteria, and 2) I also asked if the F-Choline or C-Choline PET/CT qualify, they...
Thanks Allen, again I reread that article and find, not surprisingly, you are correct. I will be more careful in the future about my posts. I did receive a response this afternoon from Stanford on...
Thanks again for this info. Trying to get the trial at Stanford but they require a bone and PET scan OR a C-11 Acetate PET/CT Scan within 3 months of their scan. I have asked if the Sodium Fluoride...
Thanks, Allen After a cursory review of literature I saw confirmation of your comment: If they couldn't find any mets with a C-11 PET at a PSA>2 and rising, it's likely that the cancer is...
I had the C-11 PET scan done at UCLA in early May 2015, and the results showed no mets. I am trying to go back and have another scan done, but UCLA has temporarily stopped scans as they are having...
Thanks Tall Allen and logoslidat. I met with my oncologist this afternoon, after my post above and he reported my current PSA at 2.82. That implies a doubling rate of 12.5 months, the previous...
Hi All, Allen mentions C-11 Acetate PET and NaF18 PET/MRI scans and I found a reference comparing the two: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3129631/ I also found reference to C-11 Choline...
Gunner34 Thanks for the comments Concerning Domain Serene, yes great wine. About 5 years ago we went there for a large dinner, hosted by "Outstanding in the Field", maybe 125-150 people there. The...
Allen, I will do research on the imaging options you site and compare those that are offered locally. I am in the Eugene (OR) area and never considered OSHU as an option. I shall do that, as well. I...
Hi All! Would love to hear your thoughts on a go-forward strategy in advance of my oncology visit this afternoon. I have searched this site and couldn't find posts similar to this. I suspect we will...
I understand there was a clinical trial performed that measured the impact that Cialis had on blood supply when taken simultaneously with salvage radiation. Salvage radiation impeds blood flow,...
Thanks! James C wrote "...allowing greater amounts to do it's thing..." - James, I presume you are referring to the supply of blood to that area. In other words taking Viagra increases the blood...
Hi, As many of the threads indicate, Viagra is used for increasing blood flow to the penis as well as helping to facilitate an erection. For people who had nerve-sparing surgery both facets are...
Nemo: I, like you, was recently diagnosed w/PC. It is not pretty. I posted my first message to this board about two weeks ago. I was diagnosed at a point where the cancer had not apparently spread to...
Any feedback on this process? I inderstand T-1 or T-2 stage only and out of country: Canada / Europe. Sounds too good to be true for those T-1/2 stage guys, but they're doing it. No down time,...
This post relates to di vinci robotic surgeons. I have di vinci surgeons locally (Oregon), but thought I would consider others elsewhere as alternatives. I am looking for experienced di vinci...
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Thanks again for you response to my other post. Is there central site on this forum for definitions of some of the terms used? I went though several posts and came up with some terms or references I...
Thanks all for your comments, I really appreciate them – but that’s not to imply that I am not looking for additional comments – I have a few questions about some of the responses and answers to a...
Diagnosing metastisis (mets) using CT is fairly standard. Siemens recently came out with their 64 slice machine which is faster and (I believe) higher resolution than the 32. I had my CT on a 32...
Hi all- Just found this site this morning and will do the keyword search to explore further - but would like to get started with some fundamental questions. I went through the typical process of...