Re: Tying up a loose end in the Provenge thread.

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Alan wrote: <snip> " A hundred years from now our great great grandchildren

will look back and wonder how we all got by in such primitive times. "

Alan.

Based on our performance the last hundred years we may still be casting

about for answers a hundred years from now. Let us hope we are entering

another " Age of Enlightenment " that will bring with it meaningful research

and resourceful practicioners.

" Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul. " Dickinson

Re: Tying up a loose end in the Provenge

thread.

>I think there is an awful lot of controversy and confusion, even among

>experts,

> regarding medical treatments for advanced prostate cancer. Experts still

> disagree on when and what kind of ADT to take, when to take chemotherapy,

> what

> other drugs are useful, what side effects should be treated and what

> should be

> ignored, and on an on. As for testosterone supplementation as a

> treatment -

> I've seen arguments both for it and against it. The literature appears to

> show

> that some people have benefited from it, but we just don't know enough to

> know

> who will benefit from each specific treatment and who will do worse.

> There's

> still a lot of basic science to do before we really understand this

> disease.

>

> I suspect that, like so much else that we do, it's a crap shoot. If you

> feel

> adventurous, you can say your prayers, rub your lucky rabbit's foot, or

> whatever

> works for you, and roll the dice.

>

> A hundred years from now our great great grandchildren will look back and

> wonder

> how we all got by in such primitive times.

>

> Alan

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> There are just two rules for this group

> 1 No Spam

> 2 Be kind to others

>

> Please recognise that Prostate Cancerhas different guises and needs

> different levels of treatment and in some cases no treatment at all. Some

> men even with all options offered chose radical options that you would not

> choose. We only ask that people be informed before choice is made, we

> cannot and should not tell other members what to do, other than look at

> other options.

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