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Hi psa biopsy

My husband is 64, his psa 2006 was 2.8 , psa 2007 8.77, repeat psa 6. He had a biopsy and we are waiting for results. Dre neg. Drs office said today it takes 7days for pathology reports due to special staining. Is special staining always done? 2001 he had psa of 5.77 and repeat was 4(1week) and a neg biopsy 2001 --20mg and 2007 30mg PG Since... Read more Chevron

posted 12/04/2007, comments (0)|

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Father's PSA

My 83 year old father has been undergoing Lupron therapy for the past year. When treatment started his PSA was 4200 and it had spread to his bones. His PSA dropped to 1.6, but on last testing it had started to increase to 2.1. Does anyone know margin of error on PSA test? How fast can he expect the PSA to increase now that it has apparently... Read more Chevron

posted 11/14/2007, comments (0)|

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My husband has Prostate Cancer

I have a many questions that will take a book so I will keep this brief. My husband age 59 was diagnosed with T1C contained adenocarcinoma cancer of the prostate in August 2007. His PSA previously were normal in the past but in March it was was 4.3 and the doctor requested another PSA in May and it was 5.8 which in turn sent him to an... Read more Chevron

posted 11/01/2007, comments (6)|

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radiation toprostate destroyed my father's bladder

HI,My father had radiation for prostate cancer-seeds implanted, and he is now left with half a bladder. He is in constant pain. The radiation zapped his prostate, along with his bladder and he was told by his urologist that he has half of his bladder gone and no control/function- something to these words, half the bladder function left,... Read more Chevron

posted 10/19/2007, comment (1)|

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Just diganosed, what now

My husband wa dignaosed with Prostate Cancer 10-5-2007 his 55th birthday. His Urlogist adv him to get a few recommended books, read them and make an appt within the next 30 days. At the appt we will decide what to do next. The appt is set for the 26th of Oct. We know the Gleason score but that is all. Cannot make any... Read more Chevron

posted 10/14/2007, comments (2)|

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