http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/ Prostate Cancer under 50 Wed, 15 May 2013 15:05:26 GMT darrylmit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/message/1206 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/message/1206 A new way to finance prostate cancer research. Start A Cure at http://startacure.com/ Start A Cure compliments existing foundation funding by allowing donors Thu, 09 May 2013 21:31:59 GMT Dick Rhindress http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/message/1205 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/message/1205 I'm looking for a volunteer or two to help with some PCa education and outreach that I have scheduled for August 2-4 in Troy, OH (just a bit north of Dayton). Wed, 08 May 2013 21:11:00 GMT darrylmit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/message/1204 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/message/1204 Many thanks to those of you who responded to our call for website Beta testers. We've received a half dozen really smart and doable suggestions, which I hope Fri, 03 May 2013 22:33:05 GMT darrylmit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/message/1203 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/message/1203 Malecare is seeking beta testers for a new website related to prostate cancer research. You'll be emailed the URL for the site and asked to go through it and Wed, 01 May 2013 18:50:02 GMT Dick Rhindress http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/message/1202 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/message/1202 Amidst all the good support and chat that we do we tend to forget that there is an organization behind the existence of these groups (ProstateCancerAndGayMen & Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:20:48 GMT ztedbear http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/message/1201 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/message/1201 I (and Dendrion?) forgot to mention that the PLACEBO GROUP was also given LEUKAPHERESIS; the difference being that the placebo group had their Dendritic immune Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:29:20 GMT Jeff Smith http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/message/1200 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/message/1200 Did the control group also go through the leukapherisis? I believe it was a blinded study, so procedure would have been the same, and as I eluded to, issues Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:21:32 GMT Paul Carpenter http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/message/1199 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/message/1199 Umm, I'd look again at that figure of 3% Grade 5 events.  The most widely distributed figures for clinical trials say that the control group (the untreated Mon, 29 Apr 2013 01:56:28 GMT Taylorqatar http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/message/1198 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/message/1198 Certainly looks promising - I personally believe that immunotherapy is a big part of a future solution, especially for folks who are young at diagnosis. It Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:40:25 GMT Jeff Smith http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/message/1197 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/message/1197 OK, let's call it 'a reasonably safe product' as I believe these deaths are more procedural related than product related. It was originally only for advance Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:31:49 GMT ztedbear http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/message/1196 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/message/1196 The Provenge website still states that nearly 3% of patients get grade 5 (death) "cerebrovascular events" side effect following the Luekapheresis. Until they Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:43:54 GMT Jeff Smith http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/message/1195 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/message/1195 Boosting ones immune system to fight diseases is the priciple of a vaccine. Efforts to specifically modifiy one's immune cells to attack cancers has had some Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:11:13 GMT Chuck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/message/1194 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/message/1194 I was diagnosed with prostate cancer Gleason 6 disease at age 43. The cancer had not spread outside of the prostate. My cancer does not generate very much Sun, 28 Apr 2013 05:33:55 GMT ztedbear http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/message/1193 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/message/1193 High gleason (much over 3+3) cancers are dangerous, especially in younger men. Don't get hung up believing in the fungus theory. My reading of that Italian Sun, 28 Apr 2013 04:47:36 GMT ztedbear http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/message/1192 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/prostatecancerunder50/message/1192 2 year + survival advantage is excellent. They do need a piece of your tumor to make the personal vaccine. I hope they can use preserved cells from