Video Q&A about Prostate Cancer

Thu, Oct 3, 2019
1:30pm to 2:00pm CT

Description

Dr. Erik Castle and Dr. Scott Cheney discuss and answer questions about prostate cancer.

Location

Online

Does my husband's risk at 55 years of age increase for prostate cancer since 1) his father had stage 4 prostate cancer at age 76 and 2) his grandfather died from prostate cancer at age 54? Currently his PSA is in the middle range of normal. Thank you in advance for the information.

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I have a very high PSA and symptoms consistent with BPH, and was told by my doctor that I should have a cancer biopsy, which was negative. I subsequently read that biopsy is not always indicated with high PSA. What is the current Best Practices standard regarding the use of PSA in determining treatment? What other causes might there be for high PSA? Thank you.

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I had the same: PSA 11, then needle biopsy, negative. PSA kept rising, doubling in 18 months so went to MRI guided biopsy which showed lesions in hard to find places.

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Due to changes in the physicians' schedules, this Video Q&A will be rescheduled for next week. The new date is tentatively Oct. 2. Once confirmed, I will post it here. I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. FYI - @colleenyoung, @horace1818, @healthier, @vickiekay.

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@audreylaine

Due to changes in the physicians' schedules, this Video Q&A will be rescheduled for next week. The new date is tentatively Oct. 2. Once confirmed, I will post it here. I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. FYI - @colleenyoung, @horace1818, @healthier, @vickiekay.

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Thank you for letting us know, @audreylaine.

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Colleen
You give me information on the trials that are going on in the Boston mayo clinic and how I would go about getting involved thank you

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@marko1

Colleen
You give me information on the trials that are going on in the Boston mayo clinic and how I would go about getting involved thank you

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@marko1, Mayo Clinic has 3 campuses in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota.

In this article about prostate cancer treatments that I sent to you https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/prostate-cancer/care-at-mayo-clinic/mac-20353097 Mayo Clinic describes advances in treatment in the section title "The latest treatment options".

What treatment options are you and your cancer team considering at this time? What would you like to know more about?

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@marko1

Colleen
You give me information on the trials that are going on in the Boston mayo clinic and how I would go about getting involved thank you

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Hi @marko1. You can find Mayo Clinic clinical trials on this page: https://www.mayo.edu/research/clinical-trials.

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@audreylaine

Hi @marko1. You can find Mayo Clinic clinical trials on this page: https://www.mayo.edu/research/clinical-trials.

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Thank you very much Audrey I’ll look into it and my question would be to call Someone who would be a point of contact that I could call
I do much better speaking with someone
then in text thank you again
Maybe you could help me with that Colleen ?
Marko1

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