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Starting Proton Treatments for Prostate Cancer: Any experiences?
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My husband will be doing the Proton Beam therapy at Mayo in AZ. He had 3 plus 4 & 4 Plus 3. On 2-29-24, he will have a spacer surgery where they put in gel between the rectumn and the prostate to protect the retumn from the radiation. He will also be getting the Decipher test which will give him an idea of how aggressive the cancer is. They take the sample from his biopsy. This is a DNA type of test. We have 2 sons so we thought it was important. My husband's father and grandfather both died at the age of 56 from heart disease so we wouldn't of known if they would of had Prostate cancer. At this moment, my husband does not want to do the hormone therapy. The Radiologist did recommend 18 months. I'm not sure where this going to go. I do understand that you can drive yourself after each radiation treatment. Good luck on your treatment.
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I had 45 days of Proton Radiation treatments for Prostate Ca ever in Michigan. I declined to take the hormone therapy shots as recommended. I was still accepted into the program and my PSA is now in the normal range. You are about to partake in perhaps the best form of radiation treatment for your cancer. I had no side effects except for slight fatigue. No damage to my bladder or my colon. No effects from low testosterone due to those recommended hormone shots. However it is routine to reduce our levels of testosterone to 0 along with prescribed radiation treatments. It insures the cancer has less of a chance to return.
Jack
East Lansing, MI
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In 2018/2019 my PSA started climbing to 5.6 ng/ml. Biopsies were taken on two separate occasions showing that indeed prostate cancer was present and advancing. I underwent 45 sessions of Proton Beam Therapy. NO side effects and the outcome was fabulous. My PSA in 2023 was 0.7 ng/ml, well within the normal range. No hormone therapy.