Guest guest Posted June 25, 2012 Report Share Posted June 25, 2012 Dear Terry, Bacon, who is on Yananow was given it by Professor Mark Emberton of University College Hospital. Google that and all will be revealed.Regards,Dennis GoffinTo: ProstateCancerSupport From: ghenesh_49@...Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 10:30:24 +1000Subject: Focal Surgery???? I thought I was fairly well informed about prostate cancer matters so I was surprised to read this piece http://tinyurl.com/7uu8pdd in an Australian paper where it is said: <snip> …….rather than removing the whole prostate, some surgeons now eradicate the lump in the gland. <snip> Of course I am aware of focal cryotherapy, focal HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound). And even PDT (Photodynamic Therapy) all of which claim to be able to deal with specific parts of the gland, but I hd nenver seen a write up about focal surgery. A quick Google search threw up a few references including this one http://prostate-cancer.med.nyu.edu/faqs/faqs-focal-therapy Hmmmm....i’d like to see the studies that support this approach. It wasn’t mentioned directly in Mike ’s commentary in January this year - http://tinyurl.com/7qbznjm 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.org/StrangePlace/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 Dennis, Bacon had focal HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound), not focal surgery. For anyone else interested, his story is here http://www.yananow.org/display_story.php?id=476 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.org/StrangePlace/index.html From: ProstateCancerSupport [mailto:ProstateCancerSupport ] On Behalf Of Dennis Goffin Sent: Tuesday, 26 June 2012 3:31 PM To: prostatecancersupport Subject: RE: Focal Surgery???? Dear Terry, Bacon, who is on Yananow was given it by Professor Mark Emberton of University College Hospital. Google that and all will be revealed. Regards, Dennis Goffin To: ProstateCancerSupport From: ghenesh_49@... Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 10:30:24 +1000 Subject: Focal Surgery???? I thought I was fairly well informed about prostate cancer matters so I was surprised to read this piece http://tinyurl.com/7uu8pdd in an Australian paper where it is said: <snip> …….rather than removing the whole prostate, some surgeons now eradicate the lump in the gland. <snip> Of course I am aware of focal cryotherapy, focal HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound). And even PDT (Photodynamic Therapy) all of which claim to be able to deal with specific parts of the gland, but I hd nenver seen a write up about focal surgery. A quick Google search threw up a few references including this one http://prostate-cancer.med.nyu.edu/faqs/faqs-focal-therapy Hmmmm....i’d like to see the studies that support this approach. It wasn’t mentioned directly in Mike ’s commentary in January this year - http://tinyurl.com/7qbznjm 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.org/StrangePlace/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 Terry,Oops ! You're right. Sloppy reading on my part. You could see how the imaging system advanced by Eugene Kwon at the Mayo Clinic could be useful in this connection, as well as for HIFU and radiation.DennisTo: ProstateCancerSupport From: ghenesh_49@...Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:48:45 +1000Subject: RE: Focal Surgery???? Dennis, Bacon had focal HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound), not focal surgery. For anyone else interested, his story is here http://www.yananow.org/display_story.php?id=476 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.org/StrangePlace/index.html From: ProstateCancerSupport [mailto:ProstateCancerSupport ] On Behalf Of Dennis Goffin Sent: Tuesday, 26 June 2012 3:31 PM To: prostatecancersupport Subject: RE: Focal Surgery???? Dear Terry, Bacon, who is on Yananow was given it by Professor Mark Emberton of University College Hospital. Google that and all will be revealed. Regards, Dennis Goffin To: ProstateCancerSupport From: ghenesh_49@... Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 10:30:24 +1000 Subject: Focal Surgery???? I thought I was fairly well informed about prostate cancer matters so I was surprised to read this piece http://tinyurl.com/7uu8pdd in an Australian paper where it is said: <snip> …….rather than removing the whole prostate, some surgeons now eradicate the lump in the gland. <snip> Of course I am aware of focal cryotherapy, focal HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound). And even PDT (Photodynamic Therapy) all of which claim to be able to deal with specific parts of the gland, but I hd nenver seen a write up about focal surgery. A quick Google search threw up a few references including this one http://prostate-cancer.med.nyu.edu/faqs/faqs-focal-therapy Hmmmm....i’d like to see the studies that support this approach. It wasn’t mentioned directly in Mike ’s commentary in January this year - http://tinyurl.com/7qbznjm 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.org/StrangePlace/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 Terry,Oops ! You're right. Sloppy reading on my part. You could see how the imaging system advanced by Eugene Kwon at the Mayo Clinic could be useful in this connection, as well as for HIFU and radiation.DennisTo: ProstateCancerSupport From: ghenesh_49@...Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:48:45 +1000Subject: RE: Focal Surgery???? Dennis, Bacon had focal HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound), not focal surgery. For anyone else interested, his story is here http://www.yananow.org/display_story.php?id=476 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.org/StrangePlace/index.html From: ProstateCancerSupport [mailto:ProstateCancerSupport ] On Behalf Of Dennis Goffin Sent: Tuesday, 26 June 2012 3:31 PM To: prostatecancersupport Subject: RE: Focal Surgery???? Dear Terry, Bacon, who is on Yananow was given it by Professor Mark Emberton of University College Hospital. Google that and all will be revealed. Regards, Dennis Goffin To: ProstateCancerSupport From: ghenesh_49@... Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 10:30:24 +1000 Subject: Focal Surgery???? I thought I was fairly well informed about prostate cancer matters so I was surprised to read this piece http://tinyurl.com/7uu8pdd in an Australian paper where it is said: <snip> …….rather than removing the whole prostate, some surgeons now eradicate the lump in the gland. <snip> Of course I am aware of focal cryotherapy, focal HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound). And even PDT (Photodynamic Therapy) all of which claim to be able to deal with specific parts of the gland, but I hd nenver seen a write up about focal surgery. A quick Google search threw up a few references including this one http://prostate-cancer.med.nyu.edu/faqs/faqs-focal-therapy Hmmmm....i’d like to see the studies that support this approach. It wasn’t mentioned directly in Mike ’s commentary in January this year - http://tinyurl.com/7qbznjm 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.org/StrangePlace/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 Cyrotherapy (surgery) is often focal therapy, or a target area of the gland is eradicated leaving behind some of the gland. I thought I was fairly well informed about prostate cancer matters so I was surprised to read this piece http://tinyurl.com/7uu8pdd in an Australian paper where it is said: <snip> …….rather than removing the whole prostate, some surgeons now eradicate the lump in the gland. <snip> Of course I am aware of focal cryotherapy, focal HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound). And even PDT (Photodynamic Therapy) all of which claim to be able to deal with specific parts of the gland, but I hd nenver seen a write up about focal surgery. A quick Google search threw up a few references including this one http://prostate-cancer.med.nyu.edu/faqs/faqs-focal-therapy Hmmmm....i’d like to see the studies that support this approach. It wasn’t mentioned directly in Mike ’s commentary in January this year - http://tinyurl.com/7qbznjm 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.org/StrangePlace/index.html -- T Nowak, MA, MSWDirector for Advocacy and Advanced Prostate Cancer Programs, Malecare Inc. Men Fighting Cancer, TogetherSurvivor - Recurrent Prostate, Thyroid, Melanoma and Renal Cancers Speaker, Advocate and Educatorwww.advancedprostatecancer.net - A blog about advanced and recurrent prostate cancer www.malecare.org - information and support about prostate cancerhttp://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/advancedprostatecancer/ - an online support group for men and their families diagnosed with advanced and recurrent prostate cancer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 2012 Report Share Posted June 28, 2012 Yes, I understand about focal cryotherapy and focal HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound) and PDT (Photo Dynamic Therapy) which is also focal, but this article referred to focal surgery which I took to mean cutting only the diseased portion of the gland – like a lumpectomy in breast cancer. I’ve never come across that as a suggestion, although it would make sense if it was accepted that it was possible to identify the precise position of the cancer in the gland, which is the premise of the other focal therapies. RALP (Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy) would enable this lumpectomy with very little disruption to the rest of the body. 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.org/StrangePlace/index.html From: ProstateCancerSupport [mailto:ProstateCancerSupport ] On Behalf Of Nowak Sent: Friday, 29 June 2012 2:59 AM To: ProstateCancerSupport Subject: Re: Focal Surgery???? Cyrotherapy (surgery) is often focal therapy, or a target area of the gland is eradicated leaving behind some of the gland. On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 8:30 PM, Terry Herbert wrote: I thought I was fairly well informed about prostate cancer matters so I was surprised to read this piece http://tinyurl.com/7uu8pdd in an Australian paper where it is said: <snip> …….rather than removing the whole prostate, some surgeons now eradicate the lump in the gland. <snip> Of course I am aware of focal cryotherapy, focal HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound). And even PDT (Photodynamic Therapy) all of which claim to be able to deal with specific parts of the gland, but I hd nenver seen a write up about focal surgery. A quick Google search threw up a few references including this one http://prostate-cancer.med.nyu.edu/faqs/faqs-focal-therapy Hmmmm....i’d like to see the studies that support this approach. It wasn’t mentioned directly in Mike ’s commentary in January this year - http://tinyurl.com/7qbznjm 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.org/StrangePlace/index.html -- T Nowak, MA, MSW Director for Advocacy and Advanced Prostate Cancer Programs, Malecare Inc. Men Fighting Cancer, Together Survivor - Recurrent Prostate, Thyroid, Melanoma and Renal Cancers Speaker, Advocate and Educator www.advancedprostatecancer.net - A blog about advanced and recurrent prostate cancer www.malecare.org - information and support about prostate cancer http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/advancedprostatecancer/ - an online support group for men and their families diagnosed with advanced and recurrent prostate cancer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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