newly disgnosed prostate cancer in family member...bad family history

Posted by dedehans @dedehans, Dec 22, 2022

A relative of mine has recently been diagnosed with "wait and see" prostate cancer. Biopsy showed 2 cores out of 12 cancerous and gleason score 3+3 or 6. PSA is low and hasn't changed in a year but His brother died of prostate cancer last month and the family history is horrible on the father's side. He wants to go after it aggressively but Urologist and Oncologist say let's keep doing the PSA test and biopsy follow up after a year. Is he smart to hang with the wait and see recommendation? What have some of you all done?

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cdcfbw | @cdcfbw | Dec 24, 2022

My cancer was discovered in Sept. 2020 at 3+3 with Turp surgery for enlarged prostate and by Feb. 2021 it was 4+3 ,psa 3.3. I did 39 EBRT treatments + ADT 6 mo., now PSA is 0.05 (undetectable) . Just be sure to check it every 6 mo for worsening so it can be delt with quickly.