Which books influenced your PCa treatment plan?

My husband was diagnosed with PC about 4 months ago, and now it has spread to several bones. These three resources have been very helpful:
—the book “Dr. Patrick Walsh’s Guide To Surviving Prostate Cancer”
—Video lecture from Dr. Eugene Kwong on advanced PC, https://youtu.be/-RVVq0uDAEE?si=NUUI4eVrjurscwdy
—the website from the Prostate Cancer Institute, https://pcri.org/

All are particularly helpful because they each are detailed and clearly explained, current, and are respected sources.

Best to you on this unwanted journey…

Here is a resource I used.

Stay Strong Brother

I’m sure all above are great.
I read Walsh’s ‘Surviving . . . ‘ and found it most helpful.
Good luck. Our Prayers are with you.

In addition to the aforementioned books/articles, I also recommend the treatment guides provided by the Prostate Cancer Foundation (https://www.pcf.org) and their associated “Patient Webinars.” I started with Dr. Patrick Walsh’s book.

A whole lot of internet research and actual study results. My age also had a lot to do with my decision to choose 5 proton treatments at Mayo Phoenix. At 74 if it comes back in 10 years that makes me 84 and if 15 years 89. I do not want to wind up in a nursing home so there is that.

Good idea to hear about other options and ideas. After my surgery, cancer was detected in a lymph node. I too look for options in addition to radiation and hormone therapy. I decided to switch to a Medication Diet, which is helpful in preventing and reducing cancer. I’ve been on this diet now for two years. My cancer has remained in remission, which I’m grateful. For more information on this diet please see the Mayo Clinic’s website and blog.

In addition to the Dr. Walsh book, Surviving Prostate Cancer, I am also reading Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers, by Dr. Mark Scholz as a co-author. Dr. Scholz is a Urologic-Medical Oncologist and was formerly Executive Director of the Prostate Cancer Research Institute.

I found these articles from The New England Journal of Medicine to be helpful. They followed over 1500 patients for 11 to 21 years, and reported 10 and 15 year outcomes for surgery, radiation, and "monitoring". The "patient reported outcomes" relate to the common side effects of treatment and the disease. They are free:

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2214122 (Fifteen-Year Outcomes after Monitoring, Surgery, or Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer)

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1606220 (10-Year Outcomes after Monitoring, Surgery, or Radiotherapy for Localized Prostate Cancer)

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1606221 ( Patient-Reported Outcomes after Monitoring, Surgery, or Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer)

It should be noted this study is from the United Kingdom, and only 0.1% of the studied population was Black.

Hi handera,

Welcome to our community, and thanks for your question. One book I’ve found helpful is “The Key to Prostate Cancer: 30 Experts Explain 15 Stages of Prostate Cancer,” by Dr Mark Scholz.

His non-profit, Prostate Cancer Research Institute (pcri.org) has an excellent and extensive series of video interviews, videos of past conferences on a variety of topics, etc. I’ve learned a lot from the videos.

Today I watched a helpful webinar, “Surgery or Radiation?” from ZERO prostate cancer: https://youtu.be/uygUEnNdO8I?si=XpRtQepGMHlLL0Or

Health and happiness to you, Brother!

Jim (jamesharrison)

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