Re: High Gleason/Low PSA = Caution >> now Bisphenol A & xenoestrogens generally

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Couldn't agree more with comments in this thread. On top of it all we have this

nagging uncertainty about what is causing it all. The way I see it, you could

have significant disease that is potentially manageable with lifestyle and diet

changes, exercise and IHT, but for this damned stuff which is going to mess up

your response to treatment. ..

http://mct.aacrjournals.org/content/5/12/3181.full

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> > Some of us with high Gleason scores are pleased when PSA tests

> > come in with low numbers.

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> > I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, especially my own, but

> > it is necessary to understand that in a high Gleason / low PSA

> > dx, PSA should not be relied upon as an accurate measurement of

> > one's clinical status.

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> ...

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> It's unfortunate how little most of us know about this disease

> but it's truly frightening how little most doctors know.

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> God help the poor sod who has anything other than standard,

> garden variety, prostate cancer. There's a good chance that his

> urologist, and even his oncologist, won't know that what he's got

> is different and that different tests and treatments may be

> needed.

>

> Alan

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