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

Posted by sv2024 @sv2024, Aug 4, 2024

My husband was recently diagnosed with prostrate cancer Grade 2, he was given two options either radiation or surgery, pending his CT scan. He just got results back from CT scan last night and there is a high possibility of Renal Cell Carcinoma. From what we have researched, it seems this is considered a rare occurrence, ie. two concurrent findings. We are going to meet with the surgeon this Tuesday to find out what treatment options we have.
Has anyone here dealt with both Prostrate and Kidney cancer together? We are in Canada, the wait times for second opinions is months from now, please share if anyone was able to get a second opinion via virtual appointment with surgeons at Mayo Clinic. Thank you

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sv2024 | @sv2024 | Dec 27, 2024

In reply to @colleenyoung "@sv2024, congrats on the end of radiation. How are you both doing?" + (show)

Thank you for inquiring about us! My husband is mostly feeling fine, with moments of low energy, no other side major side effects. We were told he will have a PSA test after 3 months and a subsequent one at 6 months, that's when we'll find out for sure if the SBRT worked.
We are keeping positive and enjoying the winter break with our kids, thankful for each and every moment we get be together.
As for me i'm positive all will be well, but on a bit of a roller coaster still, hard to not worry about the future but that's life.
Thanks again for caring about us - wish you and your loved ones a healthy and prosperous new year.

wn25 | @wn25 | Mar 6 8:26am

Elevated psa level last sept led to mri - had a yearly chest/abdominal CT scan at same time that led to possible liver/kidney issues. The mri proved it was actually the right kidney. Had both mri's a few days apart the week before thanksgiving 2024. Prostate MRI results were Pi-RAD 5 and biopsy was ordered for Jan 8th -mri results in mid dec 2024 for the kidney was a 5.6cm cyst in the right kidney and enlarged spleen. Immediate surgery for full right nephrectomy scheduled for Jan 6 and reschedule prostate biopsy for March 10. Surgeon said it appeared to be just in the kidney and everything looks positive. Biopsy came back clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
I will know more when we go over results of prostate biopsy and path forward on march 20th.
right now things are a fog as to what just happened to me and what about my wife of 40 years ...and .... I don't know, I guess try not to think about all this, just pray these dr's know what they are doing.
Praying for you and your husband to have positive results and treatment. From what i understand this is not very common.

sv2024 | @sv2024 | Mar 6 8:15pm

In reply to @wn25 "Elevated psa level last sept led to mri - had a yearly chest/abdominal CT scan at..." + (show)

We were told the same "not very common"! Hang in there, thankfully today medical science has come a long way and there are several treatment pathways.
For my husband, the chest/abdominal CT scan was ordered to find out if the prostate cancer was contained or not. He found out about the kidney RCC via notification from the hospital's app! i love and hate technology, it was late at night when we read the results and the Doc appointment was a week away. We had 7 days to research about what RCC was and try to decipher what the results meant, stages etc. it was a nightmare! Thankfully, all went well, he is feeling fine. We are praying for good results.
Praying for you and your wife, hope you get better soon

wn25 | @wn25 | Mar 7 4:31pm

Hang in there... Thank you for listening...it's been a bit of a crazy ride so far...but honestly I was expecting so much worse at first.
Yeah, we did the same thing. Got our results on Kaiser app before seeing the dr and of course went straight to all the Internet stuff...lol
Informative but probly wasn't the best choice for my nerves at the time. Live and learn I guess.
Thanx again...wish ya all the best!!