Testosterone Replacement

[Guest guest]

I have been trying to get information about testosterone replacement for

prostate cancer patients and have found some interesting information. I, like

probably most of you was of the opinion that this was a bad idea. It seems there

might be new information about this.

My oncologist here in Tucson, said that a few years ago she would not recommend

it, but now she might be inclined to. That is what prompted my research.

I would like to get more input about this by asking what you know or believe. If

you have other links, please share them. It was always told to me that cancer

feeds on testosterone and that is why certain modalities are followed.

I often found it odd that prostate cancer was prevalent in older men, those with

a lower testosterone level, yet men that were much younger, with a higher

testosterone level were not the usual prostate cancer patient.

The video by Snuffy Myers is very interesting as well as the research by Abraham

Morgentaler.

Please follow the links and post your thoughts… Thanks in advance for your

input.

http://askdrmyers.wordpress.com/category/erectile-dysfunction/

4th video down

" Regarding these findings, one of the most well-respected researchers on this

subject (Abraham Morgentaler, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston

MA) states, in a recent editorial, " Finally, after 7 decades of circumstantial

evidence pointing us in the wrong direction, perhaps it is time to consider the

once unthinkable: a T therapy trial of sufficient size and duration to determine

whether normalization of serum T in older men may reduce the risk of PCa,

particularly high-risk PCa. "

This is a link to his practice in Boston with some interesting information.

http://www.menshealthboston.com/inthenews

This is a very recent article linking low T to recurrence risk

http://articles.latimes.com/2009/mar/30/health/he-testosterone30

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/tre.178/pdf

http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2008/dec2008_Destroying-the-Myth-about-Testostero\

ne-Replacement-Prostate-Cancer_02.htm

http://www.integrativeoncology-essentials.com/ioeblog/testosterone-replacement-t\

herapy-in-men-with-prostate-cancer-an-oncologists-perspective/

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110419121353.htm

http://www.renalandurologynews.com/very-low-testosterone-hikes-prostate-cancer-r\

ecurrence-risk/article/226298/

http://www.europeanurology.com/article/S0302-2838(06)01012-8/pdf/Testosterone+an\

/d+Prostate+Cancer