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Nano2ndlate, Your journey sounds familiar. I’m 73 y/o male. Blood in urine. Primary Dr. got me a CT urogram. 3 tumors. Scraping showed they were non-invasive but biomarkers projected failure and they were still going to give me BCG (gold standard). Went to Mayo for second opinion and was very impressed. Found out my local urologist was only going to give me a half dosage of BCG because of a national shortage of BCG. Called Mayo, they did not recommend half dosage and invited me up there. Mayo scraped again and then weekly dosage of BCG for six weeks failed. Cystoscopy showed seven tumors with two now in the prostate. Scraped again and having my last of 6 BCG treatments this week. It’s a journey. Recommend any Mayo place if you’re close. I drive 5 hours one way to go there. Otherwise go to a cancer hospital and make sure you get a full dosage of BCG. I wish you well on your journey.

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@kevinpm thanks for sharing. I thought the bio markers determined whether BCG would be successful, but it sounds like they did bio markers on you for another reason. Also, what are the side effects from your BCG treatments?