Prostate cancer risk in patients with melanoma: A systematic review and meta‐analysis (2020, Review, Full Text) "Conclusion These results suggest that the incidence of prostate cancer is...
I would agree if the result could affect treatment. Otherwise, since the biopsy Decipher result agrees with the RP result just 70% of the time, it may pah to wait (although you could check if...
I would suggest a Decipher test on your post-RP tissue to assess the metastasis risk of your PCa. I believe this genomics test can be done after ADT (unlike getting a definitive Gleason score, which...
From the timing studies (diagnosis to surgery) I've seen and in normal circumstances, I would not delay treatment for high-grade/high-risk PCa past 3 months (2 months even better). How the virus...
See also Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1 that mentions super-spreaders may be an issue. This may explain the fast rise in Louisiana after the Mardi Gras...
I see the problem as reversed. A good number of retired health workers are ready to come out of retirement to help. A resp. therapist is trained on many things not that relevant for this one...
My uro/surgeon offered some of his stats when we spoke about the surgical option. Of course at the time I didn't know all the questions to ask. Djin...
A Canadian study looked at quality control for surgeons performing RP: Are urologic surgeons performing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy at the University of Alberta meeting surgical quality...
halbert, I think both of the lesions with measurements are in in the periphery (cortex) as stated near the top of the report as well as contributing to the possibility of bilateral ECE. The one on...
The prostate is fairly large and some RT treatments may not be feasible. For comparison, mine was 4 x 4.5 x 5 cm and was 63 g. So I would guesstimate your husband's is about 80 g. You'll have your...
You'd potentially be able to be treated and recover, or you'd potentially die, or just one of you would die (70% of Italian corona deaths are men!). Perhaps better to try not to get the virus and...
A just-published PK study: Concomitant intake of abiraterone acetate and food to increase pharmacokinetic exposure: real life data from a therapeutic drug monitoring programme (2020, Full Text) "...
tooyoung, I don't see why your PSA would bounce after surgery (and being off ADT in addition). Don't confuse a post-SRT PSA increase with a bounce seen after RT for primary treatment. If your PSA is...
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My uro's practice (9 providers) is also open. I got instructions about precautions and what to do in an email today....
We need more direction and commitment from the president. A day or two ago he mentioned that W. Virginia was the only state with zero identified cases and said "Wow, they must be doing something...
I'm not sure. Perhaps, e.g. if there is evidence of growth into the seminal ducts or bladder neck, one might use EPE, since there is no capsule to grow through in those cases (?) I don't know if the...
Hi Star, EPE (extraprostatic extension) and ECE (extracapsular extension) are two terms for the same thing. I think it just varies path lab to path lab which one they use. Seminal vesicle invasion is...
A review of 10 studies: Sequential therapy of abiraterone and enzalutamide in castration-resistant prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2020) "Conclusions ABI-to-ENZ sequential...
Thanks, but I'll save that suggestion for when an asteroid is hurtling toward us. For now, I'm willing to put some activities on hold to try to prevent the virus from destroying me, or my destroying...
Note that this study was on upgrading from G7 (3+4) to someting higher, and not G6 to G7 (3+4). But returning to G6 men, in my view tje main point that those contemplating AS be told their biopsy...
Which reminds me of another Can I? question. A lad was told that he'd go blind if he mast*rbated. He asked, Can I do it just until I need glasses?...
Can I call my police non-urgent number if I'm just running low?...
Hi Star. What can I or anyone say? Given the doc's concern, smile (even if forced), get a good audio book for the car, and soldier on! As you well know, the goal is to know what's actually going on...
This Korean study found 44.5% of G7 (3+4) men were upgraded after RP. See the Figure, which shows the range (0% to 65.7% for 0 to 4 risk factors, respectively.) Prediction of pathologic upgrading in...
If you feel thus is a Chicken Little situation, I urge you to hold judgement and err on the side of believing thus is serious. I would not listen to a well-known U.S. Representative who, frankly, did...
The study as discussed in the above news report did not conclude there was a two-fold chance of melanoma [i]caused by PCa or its treatment . There was a double hedge in the opposite conclusion : the...
You don't have to rely on "stories" -- here is the opinion of one of the leading PCa pathologists about Gleason 6: Should Gleason 6 be labeled as cancer? (2016, Full Text) When Can Patients With...
From the following and others studies I've seen, the jury is still out. Personally, having had 16 nodes removed and found all negative gives me some peace of mind. Obviously, if any had been found...
Yes. You had 12 lymph nodes removed: 3 in a mass of soft tissue excised around the prostate and 9 other pelvic nodes removed with the prostate. All 12 were examined and found to be negative. (The...
Or perhaps more like El Niño, something we'll encounter regularly. I suspect strains of this virus will be added to our seasonal flu shots....
Hi Nutdoc. May I suggest you update your signature to [b] include the salvage radiation that you had, but neglected to mention in your first post in this thread. It makes a difference when discussion...
Phase III studies are often not blinded: they are comparing something new to a standard treatment and not to a placebo. For metastatic cancers the RECIST solid tumor criteria are often used and...
Sorry, I wasn't clear. I wasn't talking about tests ordered by docs on patients with symptoms -- yes, Labcorp, Quest, and other labs will be doing that. I mean things like drive-by screening and...
Until proper testing shows a slowing of the virus, no amount of Fed intervention will stop the falling markets. It's based on fear.[/quote] I getting the distinct impression that there is no...
Correct. Dr. Fauci said yesterday that this corona virus is 10 times more lethal than seasonal flu. It is estimated that each infected person transmits it to 2 or 3 others, which is a bit more than...
It's the health care professional that are giving these estimates based on modeling. Preparedness is not panic. You or anyone is free to believe our leader who, just a few days ago, said we had 15...
Some estimates are that 40-60% of the U.S. population will be exposed within a year. Angela Merkel said the figure may be as many as 70% in Germany. We are starting to hear that we won't be testing...
But England is an exception (even though they have several hundred cases). Also, no ban ever in place from S. Korea. ???...
(Let's round the S. Korean number to eight tenths of one percent,) Yes, about 1%, and the U.S. growth curve is following both the international and Italian curves: exponential. The estimate is that...
Something doesn't jive. Dr Fauci said today at a hearing that this corona virus is ten times more lethal than seasonal flu. Djin...
That is why I don't see the logic of taking no nodes with 3+3 or 3+4, given the sizeable number of cases that are upgraded. At the other end, extended pelvis lymph node dissection for RP after...
I'd say the key point is that he stands at all....
As Schrödinger's cat did or did not say, "I can edit only one post at a time." (See also the study I linked in #1.)...
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Do we then go meta if they become addicted to that group? Might be hard to distinguish staying with a group because you need it and because you don't but are addicted. I could be wrong, but it seems...
Can online support groups address psychological morbidity of cancer patients? An artificial intelligence based investigation of prostate cancer trajectories (2020, Full Text) Study done with an...
CC, It sounds like urinary continence is coming along. Urge incontinence clears up first; stress incontinence is the last type to go. Kegel exercises can only help. I saw daily progress for a few...
Check your math....
Metastases to the lymph nodes is independent of whether the PCa is otherwise contained withing the capsule. There are tumors that are locally aggressive, but don't metastasize, and vice versa....