Re: New member - being tested this week

[Guest guest]

Dear Mr. Gerrin,

You are wise to be tested. Even if your PSA is in the normal range,

it can be used as a benchmark for later testing. Prostate cancer

growth will correlate fairly closely to the PSA tests.

There is some evidence that prostate cancer have a heritable

factor. This factor may even extend to daughters of men who

prostate cancer. The daughters may be more at risk for breast

cancer. Also if the mother has breast cancer, the sons may be

more at risk for prostate cancer.

There are many cancer similarities in men and women.

Prostate cancer arises in the epithelial cells which line the acini

or ducts of the prostate gland which produce the prostatic fluid.

Breast cancer arises in the milk ducts of the breast. Both breast

cancer and prostate cancer are hormone driven.

For premonopausal women who have breast cancer, removal of

the ovaries, or Lupron or Zoladex may help control the cancer.

Castration or the same drugs may be used on a man who has

advanced prostate cancer.

I wish you all the bestAubrey Pilgrim, DC (Ret.) Author ofA Revolutionary Approach to Prostate Cancer-Read the original book for FREE at: http://www.prostatepointers.org/prostate/lay/apilgrim/Read new edition for FREE at http://www.cancer.prostate-help.org/capilgr.htmDr. E. Crawford is co-author of the revision

Comment from user:my dad has prostate cancerim being tested this week my self im 40 just need help

J Gerrin

[Guest guest]

40 is very young to have prostate cancer. It doesn't hurt to get

tested though but I think you will be happy with the results.

---

Manley

I am 58 years old, diagnosed PCa 8-9-06 Gleason 9.

hasn't gone into the bone, has spread to my lungs

& bladder. Taking Casodex pills & Zoledex shots.

I am convinced that my GOD and Lord Jesus Christ

will heal me as a testimony to his love.

2 Chronicles 20

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> Comment from user:

> my dad has prostate cancer

> im being tested this week my self im 40 just need help

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> J Gerrin

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[Guest guest]

43 is also young to have advanced prostate cancer

gleason 8 psa 25.4 no symptoms or treatment since diag

8 months ago. I hope you get better news than i did.

My dad died of pca at age 67. he had hormone therapy

and a castration 5 years prior to his death.

--- Manley

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> 40 is very young to have prostate cancer. It doesn't

> hurt to get

> tested though but I think you will be happy with the

> results.

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> Manley

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> I am 58 years old, diagnosed PCa 8-9-06 Gleason 9.

> hasn't gone into the bone, has spread to my lungs

> & bladder. Taking Casodex pills & Zoledex shots.

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> > Comment from user:

> > my dad has prostate cancer

> > im being tested this week my self im 40 just need

> help

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> > J Gerrin

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[Guest guest]

The ACS (American Cancer Society) recommends

that you also follow up that PSA with a DRE.

I had a doctor at MD tell that

his opinion is men should start at 35 with PSA tests.

Good luck!

From: ProstateCancerSupport [mailto:ProstateCancerSupport ] On Behalf Of Metcalf

Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006

12:03 PM

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New member - being tested this week

Comment from user:

my dad has prostate cancer

im being tested this week my self im 40 just need help

J Gerrin

[Guest guest]

My hunch... as more men in their 40s are diagnosed with

Gleasons above 4 or 5, the PSA recommendation will get

younger. The test recommendation will lag the demographics

of the disease. Relatively young women are presenting with

breast cancer in numbers that would have been unimaginable

50 years ago. It wouldn't surprise me if something

comparable happens with PC over the next 25 years and the

PSA recommendation eventually falls to age 40 or even 35.

[Guest guest]

The recommendation to test with PSA is limited by the U.S.

Preventive Services Task Force. At this point in time they do not

recommend testing with the following rationale:

" The USPSTF found good evidence that PSA screening can detect early-

stage prostate cancer but mixed and inconclusive evidence that early

detection improves health outcomes. Screening is associated with

important harms, including frequent false-positive results and

unnecessary anxiety, biopsies, and potential complications of

treatment of some cancers that may never have affected a patient's

health. The USPSTF concludes that evidence is insufficient to

determine whether the benefits outweigh the harms for a screened

population. "

Their report is dated to 2002 and although a few studies have

matured further it seems they will not change their recommendations

any time soon.

There is targeted research to find more specific markers for PCa

detection. Until then, the population at large must depend on the

good use or misuse of PSA and DRE.

Best regard,

RalphV

>

> My hunch... as more men in their 40s are diagnosed with

> Gleasons above 4 or 5, the PSA recommendation will get

> younger. The test recommendation will lag the demographics

> of the disease. Relatively young women are presenting with

> breast cancer in numbers that would have been unimaginable

> 50 years ago. It wouldn't surprise me if something

> comparable happens with PC over the next 25 years and the

> PSA recommendation eventually falls to age 40 or even 35.

>

[Guest guest]

My story for those in their 40's (or

late 30's)

It started with my physical in

11/04. It was the year I turned 40, so my doc measured my PSA...

8.8. He sent me to the urologist and they did a biopsy. It

came back negative.

9 months later, I had my PSA measured

again. This time it was 11. Another biopsy (this time he took

like 16 samples!). Negative again.

9 months later, another PSA test, this

time it was 13. Finally, the biopsy came back positive. They

found 2 spots on the left side... Both of them were small... The

larger one had a gleason score of 7 (3+4), the smaller one a gleason score

of 7 (4+3).

My family doctor measures PSA at 40

as a default. Lucky thing for me! The part that is a little

frustrating is that it took 18months and 3 biopsies to find it.

-

" Chuck Till "

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My hunch... as more men in their 40s are diagnosed with

Gleasons above 4 or 5, the PSA recommendation will get

younger. The test recommendation will lag the demographics

of the disease. Relatively young women are presenting with

breast cancer in numbers that would have been unimaginable

50 years ago. It wouldn't surprise me if something

comparable happens with PC over the next 25 years and the

PSA recommendation eventually falls to age 40 or even 35.