Postby bitchslapped » Sat Nov 04, 2017 5:43 pm
A friend of mine was recently dx'd w/advanced prostate cancer so just learning myself. I've provided a link to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines:
https://www.nccn.org/patients/guidelines/prostate/You may also find this website useful for informational purposes. Apparently it has a forum that one needs to join to read:
http://www.ustoo.org/This forum you can read w/o joining:
https://healthunlocked.com/advanced-prostate-cancerTx's will vary & staging goes all the way up to IV just like colon cancer, + certainly your DH's health history/past tx's may very will determine course today. I'm reading that a urologist, medical oncologist, radiation oncologist are usually involved. From what I've read, don't rush to tx, do your homework. Prostate cancer seems to be the most confusing of all, even among medical professionals...all the reason to get more than one opinion if possible.
Best Wishes
BS
DSS,35YO,unresect mCRC DX 7/'14,lvr,LN,peri,rib
FOLFOX+Avstn 4 Rnds d/c 10/'14
Stent 9/'14
FOLFIRI+Avstn 10/'14
Gone From My Sight 2/20/15
Me:garden variety polyps + precancerous polyp, diverticulitis
Carergver x2 DH,DM dbl occupancy,'03-'10
DH dx 47YO mCRC,'04-'07, lvr, billiary tree fried x HAI
DM dx CC 85YO,CC,CHF,stroke,dementia,aphasia