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Welcome new member Kamich, who says:

Fuller — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:29:05 GMT

"Gleason 8 (4+4), PSA 8.13. Localized in prostrate, 3 of 12 biopsy hits." Hi and welcome. Please post here (just hit "Reply") and tell us more. Where are you

Re: Rising PSA, UFPTI Failure, Choline Scan and Snuffy Myers

Don — Tue, 07 May 2013 10:14:32 GMT

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Re: Rising PSA, UFPTI Failure, Choline Scan and Snuffy Myers

Don — Tue, 07 May 2013 10:00:42 GMT

Re: Welcome new member Bill, who says:

general44@... — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:06:37 GMT

Bill, Glad to see you were finally approved. Wondered if you had applied. Have you talked to any of the Tricare covered HUPTI patients about any side effects

Welcome new member Bill, who says:

Fuller — Mon, 06 May 2013 10:40:36 GMT

"Bill, 60y/o PSA 5.65 Gleason = 6 Biopsy 7 of 12 positive. Location various. Decision IMRT/3D CRT or Proton" Bill, all here will encourage you to have a

Fw: [protoninfo] Re: PSA Rise

David Stevens — Thu, 02 May 2013 23:40:59 GMT

Craig, As a fellow Proton alum, a fellow Gleason 9 (4+5), and an alumnus of two years of Lupron, I have been following your situation with interest. You

Re: PSA Rise

ourspot384 — Thu, 02 May 2013 22:35:15 GMT

Richard, thank you for the information on choline and the link. It sounds very promising as a way to find recurring prostate cancer. I have read the article

Re: PSA Rise

ourspot384 — Thu, 02 May 2013 22:09:45 GMT

David, thank you for commenting. My doctor at UFPTI was comparing my 6.6 to other patients that had rises of 15 and 18 but showed no evidence of cancer. She

Re: PSA Rise

ourspot384 — Thu, 02 May 2013 22:03:07 GMT

Joe. thank you for your response. When diagnosed in Nov 2008, my PSA was 5.2, my Gleason was 4+3 and mt score was T2c. I had cancer in every core (12) taken,

Re: PSA Rise

Richard Vance — Wed, 01 May 2013 23:54:37 GMT

ALLCON, For checking these difficult cases you should go to the Mayo Clinic. http://www.mayoclinic.org/choline-c-11-pet-scan/ The Prostate cancer loves

Re: PSA Rise

David Drexler — Wed, 01 May 2013 11:28:05 GMT

Hello Craig, Both Dave and Joe raise some very valid questions. One I have is your reference to "my doctor". Was he the one at the proton center or another?

Re: PSA Rise

Dave Williams — Wed, 01 May 2013 03:35:08 GMT

I do not know anyone that would consider a PSA of 6.6, 4 years after treatment as low. Do not let a doctor brush this off.ourspot384

Re: PSA Rise

Joe Landry — Wed, 01 May 2013 01:39:18 GMT

Craig, maybe other members of the forum know your diagnostic numbers but I don't and it would help if we knew your PSA, Gleason Score, T Score and tumor volume

PSA Rise

ourspot384 — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:52:14 GMT

I am 4 yrs post proton and IMRT treatment at UFPTI. Last June my PSA rose from the low of 0.4 to 0.5, then in Sept to 0.8 then in Dec to 3.3, then in Feb to

Firefighter cancer awareness bike ride

Ken McCool — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:29:47 GMT

In August I will be participating in a 5 day, 540 mile cancer awarness bike ride. The ride is a Fire Department based event and will raise money for cancer