Can prostate cancer ever go into remission?

Watching my Dad with his prostate cancer for 22 years I had somewhat rough idea of what I wanted to do and what I didn’t want to do. That said prostate cancer in my humble opinion seems to be one of the most difficult to understand
Even with all of the new breakthroughs options differ so much it makes it difficult for me to know what to do. At this point based on some basic changes that have occurred I’m still not sure where to go who to listen to and what to actually do.
For now I rather hear it all rather than stick my head in the sand.
So please continue with your stories of your own cancer as well as the stories about someone else’s experience

Has anyone else come up with the deduction that CRISPR will be the final answer once the figure out what needs to be altered?

Thanks Jeff I have talked about Gleason score since mine was done in 2017 and what I recall was 2 numbers and was told if the users wee reversed it would suggest no cancer
Stages have never been mentioned. All digtal exames seemed it indicate “ GOOD “ but what did that mean? “ soft, not very large, a few “ nodules “ the digital made me wonder why all the concern. My biopsy in 2017 at UNC with a room full of students watching. The doc said you have been “ SO STILL “ we had to ask if you were still alive! ( laughter ) we would like to take a few more specimens since your so still and not complaining so I agreed. Instead of 12 specimens they took 18 out of a cancer that “ is the size of a dime “ It was an MRI GUIDED BIOPSY SO the saw exactly where the samples were coming from. I was disheartened when the Gleason score indicated cancer and as mentioned the numbers were like 4/3 but if it was 3/4 it would mean no cancer.
I was further disappointed when the doctor who was a leader in immunology told e that I’d only qualify for it after all else failed. So they suggested watching. My PSA was never more than 10 and was mostly around 5. In 2024 after a lot of sex they did a surprise test and my PSA was 40 or 50 I turned down what the docs suggested it keep creeping up as my sexual interaction were getting more frequent until t it 112 that when they did the Pet/Cat scan which showed it was in my seminal glands but nowhere else my digital exam was still good.

I’d like to get the pet scan image and post it here if I can mostly because the interpretation is radically different making me think two oncologist are looking at a different patients scan.
I hope that makes sense.
Thank as always!

Hi, again, @olman. It must have been tough watching your dad.

I still feel like we're missing information. Do you know your PSA? Your Gleason score? Whether imaging shows cancer spread outside the prostate? What procedures (if any) have you had?

If we have more info, we can share more relevant experiences and info of our own.

Thanks Jeff I have talked about Gleason score since mine was done in 2017 and what I recall was 2 numbers and was told if the users wee reversed it would suggest no cancer
Stages have never been mentioned. All digtal exames seemed it indicate “ GOOD “ but what did that mean? “ soft, not very large, a few “ nodules “ the digital made me wonder why all the concern. My biopsy in 2017 at UNC with a room full of students watching. The doc said you have been “ SO STILL “ we had to ask if you were still alive! ( laughter ) we would like to take a few more specimens since your so still and not complaining so I agreed. Instead of 12 specimens they took 18 out of a cancer that “ is the size of a dime “ It was an MRI GUIDED BIOPSY SO the saw exactly where the samples were coming from. I was disheartened when the Gleason score indicated cancer and as mentioned the numbers were like 4/3 but if it was 3/4 it would mean no cancer.
I was further disappointed when the doctor who was a leader in immunology told e that I’d only qualify for it after all else failed. So they suggested watching. My PSA was never more than 10 and was mostly around 5. In 2024 after a lot of sex they did a surprise test and my PSA was 40 or 50 I turned down what the docs suggested it keep creeping up as my sexual interaction were getting more frequent until t it 112 that when they did the Pet/Cat scan which showed it was in my seminal glands but nowhere else my digital exam was still good.

I’d like to get the pet scan image and post it here if I can mostly because the interpretation is radically different making me think two oncologist are looking at a different patients scan.
I hope that makes sense.
Thank as always!

I’m a little puzzled by your explanation of what’s going on.

If a biopsy shows, you have a Gleason 4+3 I can’t understand why they would put you on active surveillance (you say waiting). Aren’t they planning on doing something soon?

Have They found the cancer spread to the Seminal vesicles? You appear to be saying that. That makes the cancer more aggressive so you don’t want to wait around.

I don’t know if anybody here is capable of analyzing a PSMA Pet scan.

Have they talked to you about surgery versus radiation?

I’m not sure if these replies are to my question about remission yesterday. I like reading about other people’s experiences it does however seem to me that there are so many conflicting answers that I’m not sure which one(s) to believe in!?
I lived with a family who had one of the strangest sequence of event with NHL non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
A stroke led to a 9 month coma She just awoke one day a mostly different person. Before the coma she was told she had 6 months to a year to live. After the coma she didn’t know that she had cancer. It was decided to stop all cancer treatments. Her cancer seemed to disappear! She lived for 8 years dying from an accident. It puzzled all of her doctors including the docs at Sloan Kettering.
I always thought the not worrying about dying and her cancer played a part in the remission or disappearance of the cancer. Moreover I know that STRESS makes cancer worse and worry is a form of stress. Diet also plays a part. And this strange thing happened to me while waiting to go into the MRI: a pretty nurse walked by and leaned over to whisper to me and she said: “ a little unsolicited information then said:
“ cancer loves beer and ice cream too” Truth was that I was eating a half of a half gallon of ice cream a night and drinking beer everyday! I cold turkied from both of them and my then PSA if 15 went to a 5 in a month.
I was doing great until I ment back to consuming red meat, alcohol, and ice cream. I gained about 40 lbs and was having lots of sex when my next PSA was taken it rose to 40.
The amount of waste in my digestive system absolutely affects my urination I can tell when I need to EVACUATE! It always helps.
I’m considering going to a health retreat for three weeks. Will keep you posted