I am diagnosed Prostate Cancer by high PSA.PSA is 5 and I am 58 years old. I am worried a lot.
How to find the best doctor who will give me best possible cure will know all experimental options available?
I called University Hospital and they gave me appointment on 27th sept,07 which is one month later and this is not right. I feel I should have biopsy as soon as possible and if tumor is still localized ,then it should be removed as soon as possible.
There are so many doctors and so many treatments. Every one is saying that he is the best and have best results. I am confused and my life and future is at stake. Can somebody guide me how to pick the best doctor and best procedure and most importantly what you will do if you are in my place?
Also what kind of diet ,exercises and non medical measures will help. I have a wife and five kids and they all are worrying equally. Sorry for trouble and thanks for the possible help.
Best doctor and best treatment for prostate cancer.?
The National Cancer Institute has a list of designated comprehensive Cancer Centers throughout the US. These centers are among the best cancer programs in the world, they share information, most of them are involved in innovative cancer treatment and research.
NCI: Designated Cancer Centers
http://cancercenters.cancer.gov/cancer_c...
You might also ask other people with this disease where to go and what the best treatment might be:
Prostate Cancer Foundation
http://www.prostatecancerfoundation.org/
NCI: Prostate Cancer
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types...
ACOR: The Prostate Problems Mailing List
http://listserv.acor.org/archives/prosta...
Reply:i don't know where you live or i would find a great one for you. here are some sites that may help you. if all fails go to google and type find doctor for prostate cancer. thats what i did. good luck!!
Reply:In general, you have time as Prostate Cancer is mostly
slow growing, but that is no reason to not go after it.
Have the Biopsy by an automatic machine. No pain.
There are a number of treatments for Prostate Cancer.
My choice was to have it surgically removed. That was 12 years ago. There are problems with this as I have incintinence, and erection problems. But I am Alive and
wouldnt change a thing. The Surgeon said they got it all.
After 12 years I believe him. I manage with the side effects.
Reply:If you haven't had a biopsy then I don't know how they could have said you definitely have prostate cancer. There are other things like BPH that can cause a high PSA. I know this is very scary because my husband and I have been through it. He didn't have a very high PSA but it doubled in a years time so that alerted them to a possible problem. They told him there was only a 6% chance that is was malignant but they did the biopsy to be sure. Unfortunately, it was cancer. He was 50 at the time and chose to have a radical prostatectomy and have the prostate removed. He also had 33 radiation treatments because his PSA was still showing a minute amount. That has been almost 10 years ago and so far so good. All in all from the time he was diagnosed to the time of his surgery it took a couple of months. I was like you and was worried about the time it took but doctors assured us that it was a slow growing cancer and it would be okay. I still worried but it did turn out okay. Not knowing where you are I can't recommend a doctor but I will say "do your research." The outcome, especially if you go the surgery route, will depend in a large part on your doctors expertise. The urologist that diagnosed my husband had only done the surgery a few times as he was a young doctor (I asked how many times he had done it.) We asked around and did research and found a doctor in Memphis, TN. that had done the surgery over 1000 times. He was great and my husband did great. Go to your local library and get everything you can on prostate cancer. Get on the internet. Educate yourself. My husband's surgeon said he had two types of patients-the kind that came in informed and knew what they wanted and the kind that didn't want any details at all, just tell them what to do. It's your life and you owe it to yourself and your family to be informed. Honestly, a PSA of 5 is not that high so hopefully it is localized cancer and can be taken care of easily. If you haven't had a biopsy yet you might even get lucky and it turn out to be something benign. I wish you the very best and keep the faith!
Reply:www.pcref.org/newly_diagnosed.php
DO YOUR HOMEWORK. PROSTATE CANCER IS USUALLY SLOW GROWING AND AN IMMEDIATE BIOPSY MAY NOT BE THE BEST ANSWER..CONTACT DR.B
Reply:If your PSA was 5 that is not very high. Some men with aggressive prostate cancer have a PSA of greater than several thousand. It could be nothing more than a transitory spike in levels.
For someone your age the normal PSA range is between 3.5 to 4.5 --- you are not much higher than normal.
I am not a Doctor but my guess would be that another PSA test 3 to 6 months from now could yield more conclusive results. If it keeps going up it could be a sign that more diagnosis such as a biopsy is needed. If it goes down or is stable you will be near the normal range.
As for diet and exercise use common sense.
Good Luck -- remember that as of right now you are close to normal range for PSA.
Try this link:
http://www.psa-rising.com/
Reply:Dont worry. Here one website its very helpful to you. This full and full about how to cure cancer in natural way. Pls u must visit this website u will get answer.
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Reply:I have to agree with Bob, I wouldn't start panicking right away. My cousin's husband had a PSA of 11 and higher. He was really scared, but I sent him a book that told him what vitamins to take. After about 4 months his PSA was back to normal.
The vitamins are Saw Palmetto berry extract oil: 160 mg twice daily, and Pygeum bark extract: 50 mg twice daily. Try not to worry to much it's really not good for your health.
Just remember like Bob said you can't be diagnosed with prostate cancer just because your PSA was a 5. Try taking these vitamins not and you could be back to normal by the time you have your doctors apt.
Reply:A PSA of 5.0 is not especially high. Only a biopsy can tell if you actually have prostate cancer and sometimes they miss it. I was diagnosed with prostate cancer 3 yrs ago. PSA was 4.7 after being at 2.5 range for many years. After much research I chose to have treatment at Radio Therapy Clinics of Georgia (rcog.com) because they specialize in prostate cancer treatment and have the highest DOCUMENTED cure rate and lowest DOCUMENTED side effect rate based on their follow-up on the more than 8000 men they have treated in the past 20+ years. My 30-month post implant PSA was 0.2 which is considered cured if it remains there for 10 years or more. I got there in 30 months and only have 7 %26amp; 1/2 yrs to go before I know for sure I am cured but I have had virtually no side effects. I was 67 yrs old when starting treatment. All cancer doctors say they are the best, but RCOG has records to prove they are.
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