RE: Re: Axiom Laboratories - new test for agressiveness?

[Guest guest]

Thanks for that.

Yes, I can understand the principle of

what they might be aiming at with this kind of approach and there have been

literally thousands of papers published on genes and genome – most of

them bait for funding, I feel. But I have not yet seen, as far as I know

anything that says that a definitive test, proved by the relevant studies, is available

that distinguishes aggressive from non-aggressive types of this disease of

ours. One of the studies I read recently said that there were at least 25

variants that had been genetically identified, of which only one was very

aggressive, but that was on laboratory tests and it seemed likely that it would

be many years before any substantive test was available.

All the best

Prostate men need enlightening, not

frightening

Terry Herbert - diagnosed in 1996 and

still going strong

Read A Strange Place for unbiased information at http://www.yananow.net/StrangePlace/index.html

From: ProstateCancerSupport [mailto:ProstateCancerSupport ] On Behalf Of mccartney_7@...

Sent: Saturday, 11 September 2010

3:06 PM

To: ProstateCancerSupport

Subject:

Re: Axiom Laboratories - new test for agressiveness?

I've been reading of something like this. Has to do

with DNA testing. Way too complicated for me to understand but they take a

sample and compare it to other PCa victims to get an estimate of how aggressive

the cancer might be.

[Guest guest]

Terry,

Thanks for your input and tireless research. I first came across

your site years ago. You are the one individual who makes me feel better as I

have followed a similar path to yours without much support from within or

without the system. I too have often felt like an island as my personal philosophical

approach does not involve so much a fear of dying as it does for living in the struggles

and joys of the moment.

I have a compendium of your responses...makes me feel less

alone.

Garry

From:

ProstateCancerSupport

[mailto:ProstateCancerSupport ] On Behalf Of Terry

Herbert

Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 6:52 PM

To: ProstateCancerSupport

Subject: RE: Re: Axiom Laboratories - new test

for agressiveness?

Thanks for

that.

Yes, I can

understand the principle of what they might be aiming at with this kind of

approach and there have been literally thousands of papers published on genes

and genome – most of them bait for funding, I feel. But I have not yet seen, as

far as I know anything that says that a definitive test, proved by the relevant

studies, is available that distinguishes aggressive from non-aggressive types

of this disease of ours. One of the studies I read recently said that there

were at least 25 variants that had been genetically identified, of which only

one was very aggressive, but that was on laboratory tests and it seemed likely

that it would be many years before any substantive test was available.

All the

best

Prostate

men need enlightening, not frightening

Terry

Herbert - diagnosed in 1996 and still going strong

Read A

Strange Place for unbiased information at http://www.yananow.net/StrangePlace/index.html

From: ProstateCancerSupport

[mailto:ProstateCancerSupport ] On Behalf Of mccartney_7@...

Sent: Saturday, 11 September 2010 3:06 PM

To: ProstateCancerSupport

Subject: Re: Axiom Laboratories - new test for

agressiveness?

I've been reading of something like this. Has to do with DNA testing. Way

too complicated for me to understand but they take a sample and compare it to

other PCa victims to get an estimate of how aggressive the cancer might be.