Question of the week:

Should I combine hormonal blockade with radiation

of the prostate?

These are the topics discussed on the program: 

1.  Who needs hormonal blockade in conjunction with

radiation of the prostate?

2.  What is the optimal time to start hormonal blockade

in conjunction with radiation of the prostate?

3.  What is the optimal time to stay on hormonal blockade

after radiation?

4.  What type of hormonal blockade should you use with

radiation of the prostate?

The related article of the week:

Androgenic suppression combined with radiotherapy

for the treatment of prostate adenocarcinoma:

A systematic review.  BMC Cancer 2012, 12:54 Ligia T Macedo

Call In Show on Tuesday, Feb. 7th at 6pm Pacific

Time.  Dial 1-877-727-3301 to hear the program.

Question of the week:  

An email from a patient gave brief medical history

and ended with this question, “Should I do a biopsy?”

Article:

Optimizing Repeat Prostate Biopsy Decisions and

Procedures.  BJU Int 2011 Dec 22.  Kirby R. 

The Prostate Centre, London, UK Mater Misericordiae

Hospital and University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Dr. Barken answers the question and presents a video

commentary on Tues. Feb. 7th about whether to biopsy

or not, and what specifics to factor in when facing that

decision. He covers initial biopsy, repeat biopsy and

biopsy during Active Surveillance.

The following question is for the Ask Dr Barken

Call In Show on Tuesday, Jan 31st at 6PM pacific time. Dial 1-877-727-3301 to hear the rogram.

Question of the week:

What is the significance of positive surgical margins?

How should I deal with this situation?

Article:

Radical prostatectomy: Positive surgical margins matter.

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations.

J. J. Meeks, M.D., Ph.D., J.A. Eastham, M.D. , Dec. 2011

Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-

Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021

Dr. Barken answers the question and presents a video

commentary about positive surgical margins.

The following question is for the Ask Dr Barken

Call In Show on Tuesday, Jan 31st at 6PM pacific time.  Dial 1-877-727-3301 to hear the rogram.

Question of the week:

What is the significance of positive surgical margins?

How should I deal with this situation?

Article:

Radical prostatectomy: Positive surgical margins matter.

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations.

J. J. Meeks, M.D., Ph.D., J.A. Eastham, M.D. , Dec. 2011

Urology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-

Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021

Dr. Barken answers the question and presents a video

commentary about positive surgical margins.

Call In Show on Tuesday, Jan. 24th at 6pm Pacific

Time.  Dial 1-877-727-3301 to hear the program.

Question of the week:  

What is C-Reactive Protein?  When should you use

it as a marker?

Article:

C-reactive protein as an adverse prognostic marker

for men with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC):

Confirmatory results. Urologic Oncology: Seminars

and Original Investigations 30 (2012) 33–37

If you’re taking in advice and information from multiple sources, (doctors of different specialties, support group lay leaders and fellow members, internet sites, books, advice from spouses, family and friends), how do you zero in on what applies to your case and what doesn’t?

Dr. Barken discusses a series of steps you can take to sort it all out, from gathering data to applying specific wisdom, to making individual choices.

Question of the week: What are the M.E.D.S. principles? (Mental Attitude, Exercise, Diet and Spirituality)

How can taking your daily M.E.D.S. help you become a PC survivor?

Topic: A new year brings a fresh opportunity to change our lives and improve ourselves. Dr. Barken discusses his coaching philosophy and how the M.E.D.S. principles can help prostate cancer patients.

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