This forum is for the discussion of anything to do with Prostate Cancer. There are only four rules:
No fundraisers, no commercials (although it is OK to recommend choices of treatment or medical people based on your personal research; invitations to participate in third-party surveys are also acceptable, provided there is no compensation to YANA);
No harvesting e-mail addresses for Spam;
No insults or flaming - be polite and respectful at all times and understand that there may be a variety of points of view, all of which may have some validity;
Opinions are OK, but please provide as much factual evidence as possible for any assertions that you are making
Failure to abide by these simple rules will result in the immediate and permanent suspension of your posting privileges.
Since this is an International Forum, please specify your location in your post.
Donald,
I have found that the more I read about PC the better I understand the problems in treating PC and why there still is a lot of confusion. I am also able to understand why I have had the treatments I've had so far. If you are up to it, try the research papers available in the PubMed government database. There are new research papers coming out every week.
You will probably get a lot of "push back" from oncologists if you suggest having less treatment than they are prescribing. That is because in their mind you have such a high risk of dying within five years so they believe you need maximum treatment (i.e. continuous hormone treatment) so that you will be alive to get the next round of new PC drugs.
Thanks Frank for your input. Much appreciated. The confusion is completely baffling to me. So is the hostility if one refers to Dr. Morgentaler's research on Huggins' "discovery that T feeds PCa." Yet here is a brilliant young man who questions, questions, questions and dares to think out of the box.
