Anyone dealing with concurrent prostrate and kidney cancer (RCC)?

I did not have prostate and kidney cancer at the same time, but shortly after the completion of my 42 radiation treatments for prostate cancer that was completed two and a half years ago I was diagnosed with kidney cancer a little over one year ago and am currently receiving Keytruda treatments for it. I also recently completed the five treatments of high dose radiation to stop bleeding from cancer lesion in kidney; it was successful. So the two cancers kind of blended together, and it may very well have been that since the two were so close in time that I actually had early kidney cancer while being treated for the prostate.

Thank you for sharing, this is helpful.
Could you please share what Grade was your prostrate cancer and if you had surgery to remove it or you took the radiation path? Also, was the kidney cancer found via a CT scan? seems it wasn't surgically removed either and you just received radiation as a treatment for it, was that the case?
The cases of concurrent cancer that i have read about on the internet have led to one time surgery of removal of the prostrate and kidney (partial or total as needed).
In my husband's case, the Doc ordered a bone scan and a CT scan, the abnormality in the kidney showed up in the CT scan. As mentioned earlier we are going to see the surgeon to discuss treatment options day after tomorrow, we have yet to discuss the Kidney abnormality with them.

Grade of prostate cancer was 7, and the only treatment I had was 42 low dose radiation treatments. Kidney cancer was discovered by CT scan after blood in urine started. I opted against surgery for both prostate and kidney because of my age. I am being treated for kidney cancer with infusion of Keytruda every three weeks; I also had 5 high dose radiation treatments to stop bleeding from malignant kidney cancer which has been successful. Last CT scan two weeks ago showed no spread of kidney cancer and slight reduction in size of lesion.

Thank you for sharing your journey against conquering cancer, wish you all the best and praying for a speedy and full recovery.

@sv2024, I added your discussion to both the Prostate Cancer and Kidney Cancer support groups to get more input. If you would like to inquire about a second opinion at Mayo Clinic, you can start here: http://mayocl.in/1mtmR63

How did the appointment with the surgeon go?

Thank you Colleen!

Things are evolving rapidly, it feels as if its a nightmare that i am hoping to wake up from. i have renowned appreciation for "Life is a cruel joke". I dont want to bring people down with these comments, we are staying very positive, keeping strong, we will give it all we have and pray for the best!

As for the appointment with the surgeon - we were told that due to the location of the growth, he will need to remove the whole right kidney. The surgery was initially scheduled for end of October, but late Friday we were told there was a cancellation for this Wednesday, we took it and now preparing for it. Maybe, its a blessing in disguise, we dont have a lot of time to react, just get it over with. So, no time for a second opinion at least on this matter, but for the prostate cancer, once this is behind us, we might seek one.
This is the first time my husband will have surgery, so a lot of unknowns, this forum does help a lot, thank you for responding and thank you for inquiring about the appointment! appreciate it!

My lung cancer was discovered during a PSMA scan, after my prostate biopsy showed 6 out of 12 samples positive for adenocarcinoma. I had no lung symptoms and it was pure "luck" it was discovered early. There was spread out of prostate and had it removed in January of 2023. PSA has been undetectable since.

Three months later, I had my right lower lung lobe removed as well. Clear margins and no lymph node involvement

So far, so good on both

Good to know it was timely detected and that you are doing well. My husband had a regular CT scan in which the Kidney RCC was discovered. He has had his kidney removed just last week. When we asked for a PSMA scan, the surgeon told us that once he has had his prostrate surgery than he will send for a PSMA scan.
Was your PSMA scan done before or after your prostate surgery, i am assuming you went the surgery route vs. radiation.

I didn't realized I had typo'd my comment about spreading. In fact, there was NO spread outside of the prostate. The PSMA scan confirmed that (obviously before) which is why I decided on surgery versus radiation.

Coming up on 19 months since my RARP and 16 months since my right lower lobectomy and (knock on wood), I'm doing great.

Makes sense..thank you.