Comments on: Statins – What's Good for the Heart is Good for the Prostate http://newsblog.mayoclinic.org/2009/04/21/statins-whats-good-for-the-heart-is-good-for-the-prostate/ Medical and Scientific News and Stories about Mayo Clinic Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:37:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: christy http://newsblog.mayoclinic.org/2009/04/21/statins-whats-good-for-the-heart-is-good-for-the-prostate/#comment-332 christy Sat, 03 Apr 2010 04:11:30 +0000 http://newsblog.mayoclinic.org/?p=1268#comment-332 My 83 year old dad has been told he has a grade 9 prostate cancer confined to the right side of his prostate with a PSA of less than 2. His non-Mayo urologist is telling him the scale is 2-10 yet he is wanting to wait 6 months before seeing him again. I understand that most men over a certain age will have prostate cancer but I am concerned about waiting 6 months with a grade 9. I'd like a second opinion at Mayo but am wondering if his age is the reason that is precluding more aggressive treatment. Thanks so much. Mayo saved my husband's life with his prostate cancer so I have the utmost faith in you. My 83 year old dad has been told he has a grade 9 prostate cancer confined to the right side of his prostate with a PSA of less than 2. His non-Mayo urologist is telling him the scale is 2-10 yet he is wanting to wait 6 months before seeing him again. I understand that most men over a certain age will have prostate cancer but I am concerned about waiting 6 months with a grade 9. I’d like a second opinion at Mayo but am wondering if his age is the reason that is precluding more aggressive treatment. Thanks so much. Mayo saved my husband’s life with his prostate cancer so I have the utmost faith in you.

]]> By: Lee Aase http://newsblog.mayoclinic.org/2009/04/21/statins-whats-good-for-the-heart-is-good-for-the-prostate/#comment-331 Lee Aase Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:20:02 +0000 http://newsblog.mayoclinic.org/?p=1268#comment-331 Thanks for your comment. We will pass your information along to the study coordinators. Thanks for your comment. We will pass your information along to the study coordinators.

]]> By: Diane http://newsblog.mayoclinic.org/2009/04/21/statins-whats-good-for-the-heart-is-good-for-the-prostate/#comment-330 Diane Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:34:37 +0000 http://newsblog.mayoclinic.org/?p=1268#comment-330 My husband is in stage four of prostate cancer. My son just alerted me to an article in Science Daily in which there seems to be a dramatic outcome in prostate cancer. "Two Mayo Clinic patients whose prostate cancer had been considered inoperable are now cancer free thanks, in part, to an experimental drug therapy that was used in combination with standardized hormone treatment and radiation therapy." My husband has a quickly spreading prostate cancer that is moving into his bones and is inoperable, of course. This study is still being tested but by the time it's available to prostate cancer patients my husband will no longer be with us. What does it take to get someone who has no other choice in treatment to get into this study?? My husband is in stage four of prostate cancer. My son just alerted me to an article in Science Daily in which there seems to be a dramatic outcome in prostate cancer. “Two Mayo Clinic patients whose prostate cancer had been considered inoperable are now cancer free thanks, in part, to an experimental drug therapy that was used in combination with standardized hormone treatment and radiation therapy.”

My husband has a quickly spreading prostate cancer that is moving into his bones and is inoperable, of course. This study is still being tested but by the time it’s available to prostate cancer patients my husband will no longer be with us. What does it take to get someone who has no other choice in treatment to get into this study??

]]> By: Statin http://newsblog.mayoclinic.org/2009/04/21/statins-whats-good-for-the-heart-is-good-for-the-prostate/#comment-329 Statin Tue, 26 May 2009 18:21:19 +0000 http://newsblog.mayoclinic.org/?p=1268#comment-329 Pretty soon the drug companies are going to claim that statins cure the common cold. It's all marketing hype, but the medical community seems blind to it all. Just say no to statins! Pretty soon the drug companies are going to claim that statins cure the common cold. It’s all marketing hype, but the medical community seems blind to it all. Just say no to statins!

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