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Post by jal on May 26, 2014 22:10:08 GMT
This link will tell you all about Prostate Cancer and how you can get help, and also telephone numbers to contact for advice and help, and also get a Free Badge to help make people aware of Prostate Cancer and how early awareness could save your life and many other males also.prostatecanceruk.org/get-involved/pin-badge
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Post by egg on Aug 7, 2014 14:41:31 GMT
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Post by sleepyjohn on Aug 10, 2014 16:50:12 GMT
For any of you out there, who like me are victims of PC, don't neglect to keep checking your PSA even when the medics don't bother too. I have been on annual checks for the last 4 years, but have been getting them done more frequently for my own peace of mind. Good job too, as mine has gone from 0.4 to 16.8 in the last 4 months. Looks like it's back to the hormone injections  |
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Post by mojo1941 on Aug 13, 2014 12:46:52 GMT
Hi egg
jolly good to read your cheery post and my best wishes to all thread viewers and posters - for me steady news is that now on zytaga since April my psa is down from 48 to 2.8 but at a cost £100 a day so its + all the hormone stuff they can inject infuse & me swallow
Thanks to the late Rt Hon Aruerin Bevan NHS founder - no man should die because he cannot afford to live...mmmmm...how longs a piece of string....?
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Post by egg on Aug 13, 2014 14:41:23 GMT
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Post by mojo1941 on Aug 13, 2014 14:54:32 GMT
Hi egg many thanks for the link - yes they do sound the biz as are Peanuts which contain plant sterols eg buy 500 gms eat 50 gm a day and save £'s on the £ a day pills which have the same stuff..
Still finding / feeling (where I can)my way around this very friendly Pub - may change from PhD in DoomBAr to Merlot...
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Post by mojo1941 on Aug 13, 2014 17:21:17 GMT
Pieces of Eight in the fight against Ca cells Tiny pieces of gold 'boost brain cancer therapy' in lab mmmm... this should be in the dementia thread = its a bit low down here - but who knows till u try it at least once... Minuscule pieces of gold may help improve treatment for aggressive brain cancers, according to research published in the journal Nanoscale. Scientists engineered extremely small golden spheres, coating them with a chemotherapy drug. When the tiny particles were infused into the centre of tumour cells, the cancer stopped replicating and many diseased cells died. Researchers hope it may provide a way to target difficult-to-treat cancers. www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28754152 |
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Post by jal on Aug 13, 2014 20:36:44 GMT
Hi Mojo
You mentioned a Dementia thread so I've added one and made it a Sticky if anyone would like to post anything in it.
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Post by mojo1941 on Aug 15, 2014 9:34:53 GMT
hi jj many thanks & dimentia = freudian spel slip - may need correction..
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Post by mojo1941 on Aug 15, 2014 9:36:42 GMT
Prostate cancer patients 'unjustly' denied drug hMen with prostate cancer will be refused a drug that can extend life by five years unless they go through a 'painful' bout of chemotherapy first, the NHS drugs rationing body has ruled, which experts have branded 'unjust' and a 'kick in the teeth'. The drug abiraterone is currently only available on the NHS after patients have been through chemotherapy, and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has now ruled that it cannot be used before chemo. Experts criticized the decision, saying the funding formula used by Nice must be overhauled. yes v pricey but = same as full care home -- £3K a month www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/11033357/Prostate-cancer-patients-unjustly-denied-drug.html |
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Post by mojo1941 on Aug 21, 2014 15:55:49 GMT
Botox could halt stomach cancer Botox injections could provide an effective new treatment for stomach cancer, research has shown. The rejuvenating anti-wrinkle treatment used by numerous celebrities slows tumour growth by blocking nerve signals that stimulate cancer stem cells. In laboratory tests, Botox - made from the toxin of botulism bacteria - proved ''highly effective'' at suppressing gastric cancer in mice. The promising results have led to the launch of an early clinical trial involving human patients with stomach cancer in Norway. btw somewhere Im sure I read its possible this may nuke hard PCa ---mo41 www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/11047290/Botox-could-halt-stomach-cancer.html |
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Post by mojo1941 on Aug 25, 2014 21:33:40 GMT
Merck & Co pens prostate cancer pact with Advaxis Merck & Co has signed an immunotherapy pact with Advaxis for prostate cancer involving its high-profile PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab. The collaboration will evaluate Advaxis' Lm (Listeria monocytogenes)-LLO cancer immunotherapy ADXS-PSA as monotherapy and in combination with pembrolizumab in a Phase I/II study of patients with previously treated metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer. No financial details have been disclosed and Advaxis will fund the study, while both companies will collaboratively oversee the conduct of the study, which is planned to begin in early 2015. www.pharmatimes.com/Article/14-08-25/Merck_Co_pens_prostate_cancer_pact_with_Advaxis.aspx |
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Post by mojo1941 on Aug 27, 2014 17:26:54 GMT
Tomatoes 'important in prostate cancer prevention' Eating tomatoes may lower the risk of prostate cancer, research suggests. Men who consume more than 10 portions of tomatoes each week reduce their risk by about 20%, according to a UK study. Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men worldwide, with 35,000 new cases and around 10,000 deaths in the UK every year. Cancer experts recommend eating a balanced diet which is high in fruit and vegetables and low in red and processed meat, fat and salt. www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28950093 |
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Post by mojo1941 on Aug 29, 2014 14:25:06 GMT
Norfolk based scientists are helping to lead the fight against prostate cancer by becoming the first in the world to sequence the DNA of the disease. Colin Cooper, professor of cancer genetics at the UEA, said the N&N had become the first general hospital in the world to screen prostate cancer patients and analyse their genes to find the cause of their disease. www.edp24.co.uk/news/health/norfolk_leading_the_way_in_prostate_cancer_research_1_3747571 |
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Post by mojo1941 on Sept 6, 2014 18:03:56 GMT
Prostate Cancer Organoids Provide New Tool for Evaluating Therapies An international team of researchers led by Memorial Sloan Kettering has created a new tool that can be employed in the search for personalized cancer therapies in prostate cancer: tiny formations called organoids. The study of organoids — three-dimensional structures about a millimeter in size composed of cells grouped together and spatially arranged like an organ or tissue — is a rapidly growing field in biology. Traditionally, cell lines have been one of the main resources for evaluating potential new cancer drugs in the lab. Cell lines are populations of cells derived from a patient — such as a cancer cell — that can be grown indefinitely in culture. www.mskcc.org/blog/prostate-organoids-provide-new-tool-evaluating-therapies |
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