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Prostatectomy or Radiation? Lot of stress over which to choose
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Dec 25, 2025 | Replies (116)Comment receiving replies
@jeffmarc My goodness, you are a fountain of information! Thank you. I’m feeling pretty, pretty good about my future.
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@tommylee3
As a follow, BRCA2 survivor I thought my history might interest you.
In 2010 I was 62 and a biopsy showed Gleason 3+4. My father died of prostate cancer and he had radiation so I decided to have surgery. After surgery they told me it was a Gleason 4+3. I was only stage two. 3.5 Years later it came back, I had a Lupron shot 2 months before 8+ weeks of radiation. 2 1/2 years later it came back and I went on Lupron. I became castrate resistant 2.5 years later and added biclautamide. 1.25 years later went on Zytiga, which kept my PSA down for 2 1/2 years. After some AFIB Issues I switched over to Nubeqa. The last 25 months I’ve been undetectable. I became stage four about six years ago, had a metastasis on my spine zapped 2 years ago. I did not find out I was BRCA2 Until five years ago. That’s why it keeps coming back, I’ve had four reoccurrences.
When Nubeqa stops working I can go on a PARP inhibitor. When that stops working, I can have Pluvicto and/or chemo.
The guy who runs the advanced prostate cancer reluctant brotherhood forum has BRCA2. He’s had a pretty serious case and has a number of metastasis, but has been around for 12 years. A few months ago he had two sessions of Pluvicto and it dropped his PSA down to .04. He and his doctor decided to stop there and wait until his PSA rose before giving him any more sessions. Pluvicto is supposed to work better for people who have BRCA2, At least something to look forward to.