Re: Research into testosterone loss due to radiation and chemo

[Guest guest]

> We have known for a while that hormone manipulation causes

> fatigue in PCa here it is seen in younger men with other

> cancers

(ka-snip)

> However, he (Danskin) said that the potential of hormone

> replacement therapy in affected men would have to be carefully

> evaluated to make sure it was a safe option for patients.

A very worthwhile caveat.

It is well-understood that testosterone nourishes PCa.

Regards,

Steve J

" Patients with high Gleason score prostate cancer often do not

secrete

very much PSA, and often their tumors make other biologic

products such as

CGA (chromogranin A), NSE (neuron specific enolase), CEA

(carcino-embryonic antigen) and PAP (prostatic acid phosphatase).

Before any treatment is initiated it is important to obtain

baseline values of these markers so that if any are abnormally

elevated they can be used as parameters of successful treatment. "

-- B. Strum, MD

Medical Oncologist

PCa Specialist