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Johns Hopkins Advanced Prostate Cancer Treatments

Advanced Prostate Cancer Treatments:
Know Your Options When Your Cancer Comes Back

A detailed, up-to-the-minute advanced prostate cancer treatment guide from
Johns Hopkins' specialists


From the desk of Dr. Jacek L. Mostwin
M.D., D. Phil. (Oxon)
Medical Editor, The Johns Hopkins Prostate Bulletin


Dear Friend:

You are NOT alone.

The American Cancer Society estimates that over 186,000 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed in the United States in 2008. For many, their prostate cancer will spread beyond the prostate gland, even after apparently successful treatment.

Each year, more than 30,000 men die from the disease. Their prostate cancer was detected too late. Or, it was treated too late, after tumor cells had already left the prostate gland and spread to other parts of the body (metastasized).

When prostate cancer recurs, there is currently NO cure possible.

But there ARE ways to help control the spread of the cancer, and manage your prostate cancer symptoms without diminishing your quality of life.

In this new in-depth Special Report, Advanced Prostate Cancer Treatments, Johns Hopkins' specialists review all of the therapies currently being used to stop the advance of prostate cancer, and give you the latest news on the most promising new treatments.

In your instant PDF download of Advanced Prostate Cancer Treatments, you will learn about the current therapies being used to try to halt the progression and spread of prostate cancer, including:

  • hormonal therapy
  • chemotherapy for advanced prostate cancer
  • radiation therapy following prostate cancer surgery

You will also discover the more experimental ones which show the most promise, including:

  • gene therapy to stop the advance of prostate cancer
  • monoclonal antibodies
  • angiogenesis inhibitors
...and more.

My fellow prostate cancer specialists and I have produced Advanced Prostate Cancer Treatments to present you with the latest cutting-edge information available on recurring and advanced prostate cancer treatment options. This is information so current, we are making it available to you as an INSTANT PDF DOWNLOAD you can access right now in your quest for the best treatment for your advanced prostate cancer, for the low price of only $49.95 (US) [$49.95 (CAN)].

In the first chapter When Prostate Cancer Occurs, Dr. H. Ballentine Carter gives you an overview of how prostate cancer recurrence is defined.

You will also get a list of the three criteria for seeking further prostate cancer treatment immediately if your prostate cancer returns.

New treatments for advanced prostate cancer are emerging all the time, and can often offer hope of a longer life and better quality of life. Depending on your prognosis and symptoms, you might be considering joining a clinical trial right now.

In the section Should You Join a Clinical Trial, you will learn:

  • The Structure of Clinical Trials
  • Safety Considerations
  • The Pros and Cons of Joining a Clinical Trial
  • The Role of Use of Placebos in a Clinical Trial

You will also get critical information to help you make this critical health decision:

  • A list of essential questions to ask before you join a clinical trial
  • How to find a clinical trial that's right for you

Your prostate cancer coming back after your initial treatment is obviously worrying, but the specialists at  Johns Hopkins, America's #1 Urology Center and Medical Center for the past 18 consecutive years, have put together this special report to help guide you through this new phase of your prostate cancer.

In most cases, you do have time to learn all you can about your prostate cancer treatment and options, to make the best treatment choice possible for YOU personally.

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We at Johns Hopkins know only too well the emotional as well as physical aspects the words "prostate cancer" entail.

Your rising PSA level is cause for concern, but does not necessarily mean you have to act aggressively at once. In Advanced Prostate Cancer Treatments, Dr. Patrick Walsh gives you a list of the three different criteria in which you need to do something immediately to treat your advanced prostate cancer.

If you do not meet these criteria, the good news is that you have time to study all your options carefully. Advanced Prostate Cancer Treatments was put together with YOU in mind, to help you sift through each of your choices.

Often it is not a case of which treatment with advanced prostate cancer. In many instances it is a sequence, Treatment 1, then Treatment 2, Treatment 3....

Plus there are promising new treatments just on the horizon, or newly available which you might not yet be aware of. (And which we have updated prostate cancer readers about regularly for over a decade in the quarterly Johns Hopkins Prostate Bulletin). 

You need to know about the benefits of each treatment, side effects and what you can do about them, how they will affect your overall lifestyle and health, and why there is as yet no cure for prostate cancer.

In this 113-page treatment options guide, my colleagues and I make available to you our extensive knowledge, expertise and clinical experience in treating the different stages of prostate cancer successfully.

All this information is available to you right now as an instant download, so you can be sure you are basing your decisions on up-to-the minute data (as compared with a book published years ago, or one that takes weeks to come off press at the printer, and arrive in the mail).

Advanced Prostate Cancer Treatments begins by helping you understand the current array of treatment options.

  • What are my options?
  • What are the side effects of each?
  • How effective is the treatment at halting the spread of prostate cancer?
  • Is a combination of treatments right for me?

We explain all this and more, in order to guide you through all the options currently available if your prostate cancer has returned after your initial choice of treatment.

But isn't time of the essence in treating advanced prostate cancer?

Only to a certain extent.

Fortunately, for most men prostate cancer is a very slow-growing disease, and only in certain instances do we recommend taking aggressive action immediately.

You owe it to yourself to get the FACTS, in order to weigh all your choices carefully, to avoid making any irrevocable decisions you might regret later. And to see if the benefits outweigh the risks, or the impact on your quality of life.

The information presented in Advanced Prostate Cancer Treatments will provide you with a comprehensive guide to the many crucial issues to consider in treating your advanced prostate cancer, and the facts you need to know before taking ANY action.

Your current treatment options include:

  • close monitoring of your advanced prostate cancer
  • hormone treatment
  • radiation therapy (EBRT)
  • chemotherapy
  • a combination of one or more of these therapies
  • new therapies currently in development in a clinical trial

It's a daunting list. What do they all mean? How can you possibly choose which therapy, or combination of therapies, will be right for YOU?

Advanced Prostate Cancer Treatments guides through the decision-making process, drawing on the considerable expertise of leading Hopkins' specialists in a variety of fields related to treating advanced prostate cancer.

You'll be able to make informed choices from a place of knowledge rather than fear. And you'll be armed with the information you need to evaluate the impact of each treatment on your daily life and long-term health and quality of life.

We know exactly what you're thinking as you sift through each option:

What are the side effects of the treatment?

What about the long-term risks?

The psychological implications of treatment?

Based on all my test scores, what is my realistic prognosis?

Ultimately, your decision about prostate cancer treatment has to be guided by the clinical stage of your cancer, the extent of the disease, and your age and overall health. You'll learn the answers to your key questions such as:

  • What is the definition of advanced prostate cancer?
  • Why is repeated PSA testing so crucial?
  • What are the best options currently available for treatment of advanced prostate cancer?
  • What if I have bone metastasis?
  • When should I consider hormone therapy to treat my recurrent prostate cancer?
  • What are the side effects of hormone therapy?
  • What studies are available on the success of hormone therapy?
  • What about radiation therapy to treat my prostate cancer?
  • When should I consider chemotherapy?
  • What other new therapies are available if my prostate cancer has advanced?
  • What new chemotherapy drugs are now available to help treat prostate cancer?
  • What are the latest findings on the drug Taxotere for my prostate cancer?
  • What other studies are currently being pursued at Johns Hopkins on chemotherapy?
  • Where can I go for more help, support and information as I sift through my prostate cancer treatment options?
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In Advanced Prostate Cancer Treatments, you'll also learn why there is no definitive consensus amongst doctors about the best treatment for your advanced prostate cancer--or even whether ANY type of treatment is necessary.

That's right—many men are now opting for close monitoring by their medical team, in order to try to maintain a high quality of life without side effects for as long as possible.

Dr. H. Ballentine Carter, Professor of Urology and Oncology at Johns Hopkins Medical School and a practicing surgeon, and Dr. Patrick Walsh, author of Dr. Patrick Walsh's Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer, take you through the pros and cons of close monitoring of your recurring prostate cancer, and answers your most pressing questions, such as:

  • What will a close monitoring program entail?
  • How do my PSA levels help determine if I am a good candidate for close monitoring?
  • What are my other options?
  • How are clinical trials conducted?
  • What are the benefits of joining a clinical trial?
  • What questions should I ask before enrolling in a clinical trial?
  • How can I find a clinical trial?
...and more.

In the second section of Advanced Prostate Cancer Treatments I draw upon my considerable expertise as a professor of urology at Johns Hopkins, head of the Division of Reconstructive and Neurological Urology, and Medical Editor of The Johns Hopkins Prostate Bulletin, to answer your many questions about hormonal therapy and advanced prostate cancer, including:

  • The different types of hormonal treatment:
    • Orchiectomy
    • LHRH agonists
    • Female hormones such as DES
    • Antiandrogens
  • How does hormonal therapy work?
  • Why is hormonal therapy NOT a cure for prostate cancer?
  • When should hormonal therapy be started?
  • What are the side effects of hormonal therapy?
  • What can be done about worsening anemia?
  • What is intermittent hormonal therapy?
  • What are the benefits?
  • What are my other options when my hormonal therapy starts to fail?

All this and more is covered in Advanced Prostate Cancer Treatments, available now as a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD for the low price of only $49.95 (US), so you can start applying what your learn right away.

And best of all, this Johns Hopkins Special Report comes complete with a full money-back guarantee. If you are not satisfied with the in-depth information you receive in your guide, simply contact Customer Service for a full refund.

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What are your other options if you discover you're not a candidate for close monitoring for your prostate cancer?

What should you do if your prostate cancer has advanced to such a degree that you need to do something right away?

In addition to learning about hormonal therapy, you will also learn about the new chemotherapy drugs currently being used to try to halt the spread of prostate cancer.  Learn about the seven main drugs, and how they work.

Get more in-depth information on Taxotere, its side effects, how you know it is working for you, and the results from the TAX327 study, and how effective it is at treating advanced prostate cancer.

You will also learn about the new chemotherapy agents on the horizon, and the role of clinial trials in the prostate cancer drug development process.

In Radiation Therapy Following Prostate Cancer Surgery, authored by Dr. H. Ballentine Carter, you will discover:

  • The clinical definition of PSA failure after radical prostatectomy.
  • Your options if you have a clinical relapse.
  • What is salvage radiation therapy?
  • The three potential scenarios in which radiotherapy may be beneficial.
  • Why a selective approach to giving radiotherapy may be best.
  • The four factors which are the best indicators of success for radiation therapy due to their suggesting local-only prostate cancer recurrence.
  • Other key factors which help predict PSA remission.
  • Guidelines for salvage radiation therapy to be initiated.

In Treating Prostate Cancer After Brachytherapy Failure, Theodore L. DeWeese, M.D., Professor of Radiation Oncology and Urology and Chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences at Johns Hopkins, and his esteemed colleague Danny Song, M.D., guide you through your questions as to how brachytherapy (pronounced BRAKE-EE therapy), is supposed to work, but why it is possible that it may have failed, and what your options are if that proves to be the case.

When should hormone therapy be initiated? Are you still a candidate for a radical prostatectomy? What if the cancer has spread to the bone (metastasized)? How can a TURP (transurethral resection of the prostate) for BPH (enlarged prostate) can affect the outcome of brachytherapy?

Advanced Prostate Cancer Treatments is designed especially with YOU in mind, to help support and guide you as you sift through all your options to make the best decision for you and your loved ones. You'll get the answers to all these questions and MORE in this in-depth Special Report direct from myself and my esteemed colleagues at the world-renowned James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute.

And all as an instant digital download you can start using right now. Remember, this 113-page Johns Hopkins Special Report comes complete with a full money-back guarantee. If you are not satisfied with the in-depth information in this detailed report, simply contact Customer Service within 30 days for a full refund. 

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In the section New Therapies for Advanced Prostate Cancer, renowned oncologist and urologist Michael A. Carducci, M.D. offers his expert review of the most promising new treatments and medications on the horizon, and how you can find out more about them. He also gives an update on the progress of the prostate cancer vaccine.

In the in-depth report How to Best Preserve Skeletal Health, the internationally respected expert on bone and secondary bone cancer Matthew R. Smith outlines why it is essential to being protecting bone health as soon as you discover that your prostate cancer has returned.

Learn the answers to such key questions as:

  • When should men concern themselves with their skeletal health?
  • Why is it necessary to do everything possible to maintain maximum skeletal health?
  • What is osteoporosis?
  • What should a man do who is found to have low bone mineral density?
  • Will every man with recurrent prostate cancer develop osteoporosis?
  • Can osteoporosis prevention measures stifle cancer growth?
  • Would a man with denser bone have a lesser proclivity for bone metastases than someone with less dense bone?
  • What is the difference between primary bone cancer and metastatic bone cancer?
  • Do prostate cancer cells destroy bone? How are metastatic bone cancers classified?
  • When a patient has bone metastases, what are his chances of survival?
  • What symptoms and signs do patients experience when they have bone metastases?
  • How is Zometa being used to treat cancer-related bone complications?
  • How common is pain with bone metastases?

In the section Treating the Pain of Advanced Prostate Cancer, Suzanne Amato Nesbit, Clinical Specialist in Pain Management at Johns Hopkins, offers her perspective on this essential issue. As she states, "Controlling pain and managing symptoms are the treatment goals for men with advanced prostate cancer. Studies over the years have reported that as many as 72% of advanced prostate cancer patients are in pain, with one study reporting that 47% of men with advanced cancer had pain that ranged from moderate to very bad even though they were being treated with pain medication.

"This should never be the case. We now are able to successfully treat all types of pain associated with advanced prostate cancer."

Treating the Pain of Advanced Prostate Cancer offers 12 pages of:

  • in-depth questions
  • lists of medications and their use
  • the side effects of these medications
  • how to cope with these side effects
  • complementary and alternative approaches to pain relief
  • a pain glossary

This invaluable information will help you stay on the same page as your doctor as you discuss all your options for a multi-faceted approach to pain control.

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Depression can be triggered by physical pain, and we should certainly never underestimate the mental pain of a diagnosis that your prostate cancer has come back.

With the support of family and friends, most men with prostate cancer will adapt within a few days or weeks to their fears about their future. However, some men sustain high levels of sadness, anxiety, and grief for weeks or months once they receive the news that their prostate cancer has returned.

This is beyond the normal adjustment period and typically means that the man has become clinically depressed. It must be noted that depression is NOT sadness; it is a biological illness with its own symptoms.

It’s now believed that about one in four cancer patients develop depression at some point during their illness. Left untreated, depression can debilitate a man, diminishing his quality of life; it can even affect his follow-through on cancer treatment recommendations that may change the course of his illness.

In the section Treating Prostate Cancer and Depression, Joanna L. Fine, who lectures nationally about the emotional care and treatment of prostate cancer patients, reviews the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of depression in men with prostate cancer, and offers practical advice for getting the most out of the various effective depression treatments now available.

In The Anatomy of Hope, Jerome Groopman, M.D., offers his own experiences of debilitating pain for nearly two decades, and how hope differs from optimism. He outlines how hope can be an essential part of treating advanced prostate cancer successfully.

As I have said, the medical field has made significant progress in treating advanced prostate cancer. Yet despite this, as of yet, we can offer hope for remission, but still no cure.

In the last section, On End–of–Life Decisions, award-winning journalist Virginia Morris takes us through her father's eventual passing from prostate cancer, and offers invaluable guidelines on how to deal with end of life decisions even as you deal with your advanced prostate cancer treatment decisions, in order to be as prepared as possible, and to ensure that all your personal as well as medical wishes are carried out appropriately.

The concluding section, Grand Rounds, covers many of the most common patient questions on Prostate Cancer Recurrence after Radical Prostatectomy, Brachytherapy, and External Beam Radiation Therapy, the very questions most likely on your mind now, so you can be clear about all of your options if your cancer has returned after your initial treatment.

Advanced Prostate Cancer Treatments is designed to give you unprecedented access to the expertise of the hospital ranked #1 of America's Best Hospitals and #1 Urological Center for 18 consecutive years. In my personal experience, a well-informed patient is my best patient. You owe it to yourself to learn as much as you can right now, before opting for any advanced prostate cancer treatment.

Before making any irrevocable decisions--which will lead to major long-term consequences--take control of your battle against prostate cancer by arming yourself with this critical treatment guide for the low price of only $49.95, with a full money-back guarantee.

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But wait, there's still more. In addition to all the cutting-edge, in-depth reports on each of the topics highlighted above, in Advanced Prostate Cancer Treatments you will also find a 10-page Glossary of key terms so you can be on the same page as your doctor when determining your medical care.

You'll also get a list of resources and contacts for more information, help, support and advice as you sift through your many options for treating your prostate cancer. 

You are NOT alone. Your prostate cancer returning is shocking, but it does not have to be devastating.

We know you have hundreds of questions. Advanced Prostate Cancer Treatments has the answers.

Arm yourself with the FACTS in your battle against prostate cancer. Order now.

Sincerely yours,

Jacek L. Mostwin
M.D., D. Phil. (Oxon)
Medical Editor of The Johns Hopkins Prostate Bulletin


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