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Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Mar 12 11:40pm | Replies (50)
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@surftohealth88

Thanks so much for sharing your case in detail. I am new here so I have little trouble understanding all acronyms - is there any link in this forum for all of those abbreviations. Thanks so much in advance.

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northoftheborder | @northoftheborder | Mar 11 8:16pm

Here are a few:

ADT - androgen deprivation therapy (testosterone inhibitor, like Orgovyx)

ARSI - androgen receptor signaling inhibitor (blocks cancer cells from "seeing" testosterone, like Erleada)

mCRPC - metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (no longer responds to ADT)

mCSPC - metastatic castrate-sensitive prostate cancer (still responds to ADT)

MO - medical oncologist (does chemotherapy)

PCa - prostate cancer

PSA - prostate-specific antigen (main screening/monitoring test)

PSE - PSA test supplemented with an epigenetic test to refine risk assessment — mainly for screening rather than surveillance

RO - radiation oncologist

RP - radical prostatectomy

RT - radiation therapy

uPSA - ultrasensitive PSA test (down to 0.01 or lower) — mainly for surveillance rather than screening

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jeffMar | @jeffmarc | Mar 12 10:36am

Here is a list of many abbreviations

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Prostate cancer abbreviations terms (Prostate-cancer-abbreviations-terms.pdf)

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