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Beginning prostate cancer treatment

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Mar 13, 2022 | Replies (52)
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@gankster

Thanks for sharing, @kansascityhusker. My situation mirrors yours, almost to a T. I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in June '21 with a 6.5 PSA and Gleeson 7 (3+4). I, too, turned down Lupron/ADT. My 28 Mayo Phoenix Proton sessions ended last Thanksgiving. My first follow-up blood draw is next month (March '22) ... looking forward to PSA result similar to yours.

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kansascityhusker | @kansascityhusker | Feb 6, 2022

Hi gansker!

Wishing you the best of luck as we travel these parallel pathways. Please let me know how your test turns out.

A little more background on my situation. My the initial reading from my biopsy came back with a Gleason of 7 (3+4) — just like yours. Because that biopsy was read by a lab not affiliated with Mayo, Mayo re-read the biopsy and changed it to a Gleason of 7 (4+3). With the initial Gleason score from the lab not affiliated with Mayo, Mayo told me they would not recommend a 6 month course of Lipton. After Mayo read my biopsy and upped my Gleason score, they then came back and DID recommended that I do a 6 month course of Lipton.

With that new recommendation, I did a lot of research, and given all of the side effects that I read about, I turned down the Lipton…. Hoping that was a good decision. So far, so good….

Best of luck on your upcoming PSA test! Please stay in touch!

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