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PSA jump 16 to 30 in 6 months. Radiation candidate?
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@heavyphil Hello Phil and thanks for your reply. A recent 5 year study of elderly men in England showed that 95% of the deaths that occured in that time were due to non-prostate or related reasons. It has been said that most all men, if they live long enough, will develop cancer cells in their prostates. (don't know the origins of that statement).
Art
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@augustahuss Thank you for the info…G8 is considered aggressive so your decision to treat it depends on what you think your odds of survival are vs your odds of succumbing to CAD.
G8 usually requires ADT, which may exacerbate your CAD, but as @jeffmarc points out, Nubeqa may be a way around that…
Don’t know the fine points of British health care system, so can’t say they will approve it in lieu of cheaper alternatives like Lupron - which may prove worse than nothing at all.
Again, there are different levels of CAD ranging from totally asymptomatic all the way to being housebound with shortness of breath, etc. IF (again, IF!) that is your situation, treating the PCa may not be worth the strain on your body.
Phil