I am hoping that things could work out that the Institut Monsouris will be able to handle my case pretty quickly. I think I still have time to get surgery with a pretty good chance of cure. The good news is that my endorectal MRI will be done there in advance of a meeting with one of their surgeons.

Recommended for Endorectal MRI

The word is that only a true Jedi can read a Prostate MRI and see something. For more on this see Dr. Chodak's video

* MRI/Color Doppler Ultrasound for Staging Prostate Cancer
http://www.prostatevideos.com/prostate-cancer/grading-and-staging-of-...

So in the following thread a suggestion came from one of the participants about who might be able to truly read useful information from such a test. The thread is here.

I am really best able to get to the "East Coast" players. For info here they are:

- Peter Scardino
- Fred Lee

Prostate Websites

Usenet and Support
alt.support.cancer.prostate http://groups.google.com/group/alt.support.cancer.prostate/topics
Prostate Cancer Infolink Community http://prostatecancerinfolink.ning.com/

Reference Sites
Prostate Cancer Research Institute : http://www.prostate-cancer.org/
Prostate cancer news, info and support PSA Rising
Prostate Videos http://www.prostatevideos.com/
Prostate Cancer Information site with the involvement of Arnon Krongrad The “New” Prostate Cancer InfoLink
The Prostate Net Empowers patients and families to make appropriate treatment decisions
Us Too International Prostate Cancer Support Group
Man to Man
Malecare
The Prostate Net
HisProstateCancer.com
Prostate Cancer Foundation
National Alliance of State Prostate Cancer Coalitions
Men’s Health NetworkPatient Advocates for Advanced Cancer Treatments (PAACT) ZERO — The Project to End Prostate Cancer
Prostate Cancer Education Council
Center for Prostate Disease Research
Phoenix5 : A lot of interesting reading
Phoeinix5 Links: Lots of them

Blogs
A blog by a health industry insider http://shamvswham.blogspot.com/
A blog about using proton beams (http://www.prostateblog.com/)
"a series of non-commercial free web sites" http://prostate-help.blogs.com/

Interesting Threads and Articles

Articles PSA vs. antibiotics http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/117491.php
What to do about new tests ordered after a positive biopsy (Hint: There's no easy answer, but if you already have your Gleason, PSA, and stage, you are not going to learn much more.)

Facilities I am considering for treatment

Facilities I am considering for treatment
Institut Monsouris in Paris
American Hospital in Paris
Emory University Hospital in Atlanta
Vattikuti Urology Institute
Krongrad Institute

Calculators

As I run across them, I will put the various nomogram / oddsmaker programs and webpages here:

• Sloan-Kettering (Dr. Scardino's nomogram): http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/10088.cfm
• Partin Tables: http://www.phoenix5.org/Infolink/partin/introduction.html

Expert Pathology Labs

Expert Pathology Labs
Bostwick Laboratories [800] 214-6628
Dianon Laboratories [800] 328-2666 (select 5 for client services)
Jon Epstein (Hopkins) [410] 955-5043 or [410] 955-2162
David Grignon (Michigan) [313] 745-2520
Jon Oppenheimer (Tennessee) [888] 868-7522
UroCor, Inc. [800] 411-1839 (There does not seem to be much current information on the internet about this organization.)