@drcopp
I suppose you mean your Gleason score is a six.
If your Gleason score is only a six, then prostate cancer treatment is not normally recommended. If your PSA has been rising at a good rate, then an MRI can show whether or not there is any tumor inside your prostate. That’s the best way to find out what’s going on.
You can also get a PSE test, which will tell you or whether or not there is actually prostate cancer in your system. If it shows there is then you need to get a biopsy.
If someone has given hormone treatment, they are given ADT. The most common ADT drugs are Lupron and Orgovyx. ADT also includes Firmagon,, Eligard, Prostap, Camcevi, Lucrin, Zoladex, Trelstar, Pamorelin, and Decapeptyl They can cause numerous side effects. Actually due to a lack of testosterone.
@jeffmarc
Thanks for the info. , Jeff. I'm glad that I found this group.
I'm heading in for my PSA blood draw tomorrow and then will see my Urologist for my yearly follow up mid-November. I have had 2 biopsies over the past 4-5 years, on a monitoring plan so far. Probably will do another biopsy by Dec., as it will have been 2 years since the last one.