Guest guest Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 Juel, Sadly we are all inducted into this journey unceremoniously and unprepared for what lies ahead. I have been a caregiver too and know the role you play as a researcher, priest, friend and team member along with your husband and his doctors. It is not an easy road ... but this is a good place to find some common sense discussion in managing this disease. Also I particularly like the quote you have from Winston Churchill ... very appropriate! I can totally relate... Chemotherapy, in general does not cure prostate cancer but utilizes anti-cancer drugs with the goal of trying to ‘slow’ the tumor's growth and relieve symptoms. You are also correct in surmising that it is used only for advanced metastatic prostate cancers that have failed to respond to other treatments. Is this the case for your husband? The best move is to speak with your oncologist and see what he/she says … please get back to us and keep us informed … Randall Mesler, PhD Author: “Prostate Cancer A Caregivers Guide” http://prostate101.tripod.com/ Sent by Medscape Mail: Free Portable E-mail for Professionals on the Move http://www.medscape.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 Juel You asked about chemotherapy for prostate cancer (PCa). Your docs should know that at ASCO last year the 3-wkly regime of taxotere with prednisolone showed a survival advantage over the previously- used standard treatment for advanced PCa of mitoxantrone with prednisolone - not a lot, but worth knowing about since this was the first time survival had been extended in PCa. Other regimes have been tried eg taxotere with emcyt or calcitriol and different approaches are also being explored eg with thalidomide. Of course, if there are other possibilities you would probably opt for those first but it's not the case that there is no chemotherapy... You might like to take a look at this site for more ideas - http://www.hrpca.org (The hrpca stands for hormone refractory PCa.) There's also a [small-ish] list attached. Best wishes On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 13:57:26 -0700 (PDT) captwildchild wrote: My husband and I are new to this thing. I keep reading emails about men having chemo. We were told that there is no chemo for prostate cancer. Is this only our urologist (we see the oncologist in a week), or only the USA? Dale's cancer is advanced, does that make a difference? Just trying to sort out the overload of information. :)Peace on the journey,Juel captwildchild@...************************************If you are going through hell, keep going. --Winston Churchill__________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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