Cabazitaxel For Advanced PCa?

This week a Prostate Forum reader asks Dr. Myers, “What is your opinion of the newly FDA-approved Cabazitaxel for second-line use in advanced hormone-refractory prostate cancer?”

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BPA, Plastics & Prostate Cancer

This week a Prostate Forum reader asks if prostate cancer patients should be concerned about BPA and phthalates in plastics.

To read more about BPA, phthalates and prostate health, read Prostate Forum Volume 12 # 4, which you can order by calling 434-220-3774. Or, if you subscribe to the email or print versions of Prostate Forum within the next four weeks, you’ll receive Vol 12 # 4 as your first issue.

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Ketaconazole As Hormonal Therapy?

This week a Prostate Forum reader asks, “What can you tell me about ketaconazole as a form of second line hormonal therapy?”

To read more about hormonal therapy for prostate cancer read Dr. Snuffy Myers’s book Beating Prostate Cancer, Prostate Forum Volume 10 # 12, Volume 11 # 6, Volume 11 # 7, and Volume 12 #1.

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Can You Prevent Hormone Resistance?

This week a Prostate Forum reader whose cancer has recurred after a radical prostatectomy asks about the rationale behind delaying hormonal therapy to prevent hormone resistance from developing.

To read more about hormonal therapy for prostate cancer read Dr. Snuffy Myers’s book Beating Prostate Cancer, Prostate Forum Volume 10 # 12, Volume 11 # 6, Volume 11 # 7, and Volume 12 #1.

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[Note that during the video on preventing hormone resistance Dr. Myers mentions posts on Ketozonazale and Carbazitaxel, both of which are slated to appear on this vlog in late August.]

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Transdermal Estrogen Patches

This week a Prostate Forum reader asks about estrogen patches as a form of hormonal therapy for prostate cancer.

To read more about hormonal therapy for prostate cancer read Dr. Snuffy Myers’s book Beating Prostate Cancer, Prostate Forum Volume 10 # 12, Volume 11 # 6, Volume 11 # 7, and Volume 12 #1.

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Intermittent Hormonal Therapy

This week a Prostate Forum reader asks about continuous versus intermittent hormonal therapy.

If you’d like to read more about intermittent hormonal therapy, read Dr. Myers’s book Beating Prostate Cancer and download the following back issues of Prostate Forum: Volume 8 Number 8, Volume 8 Number 9, Volume 9 # 5, and Volume 9 # 6.

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Is Corn Dangerous for Prostate Cancer?

This week a Prostate Forum reader asks, “If eating corn-fed beef isn’t good for prostate cancer patients, is eating corn also not advised?”

To read more about omega 3 versus omega 6 fatty acids for prostate cancer patients, read the chapter “Fish = Best Way to Get Omega 3s” in Flaxseed? Panacea or Poison?

And to find out more about which diets reduce the risk of prostate cancer and/or slow progression, read pages 5-6 of Prostate Forum 11 #12 and our popular nutrition guide, Eating Your Way To Better Health.

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Myers, Moyad & Flax

This week a Prostate Forum reader asks about the discrepancy between Dr Myers’s warning against flaxseed for prostate cancer patients and Dr Mark Moyad’s enthusiasm for flaxseed.

To read more about Dr. Snuffy Myers’s stance on flax and flaxseed oil for prostate cancer patients, read Flaxseed: Panacea or Poison?

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Provenge Case Study

This week Dr. Myers discusses whether or not the Provenge vaccine may enhance some of the other treatments you may be on for your prostate cancer.

To read more about Dr. Myers’s approach to patient care, download Prostate Forum 11 # 5.

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Multiple Tumor Remission

This week a Prostate Forum reader asks about ogliometastatic prostate cancer.

To read more about ogliometastatic disease read pages 5-7 of Prostate Forum 10 #8. And in Prostate Forum 10 #5 and 10#6 Dr. Myers discusses high-risk patients with cancer limited to the pelvis: those with extra capsular extension, seminal vesicle invasion, and pelvic lymph node spread.

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