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What is the average age of the gentlemen on here?

Posted by john57 @john57, Mar 26, 2020

good evening men. i have a group question here. i,m 57 years old and i feel that is kind of young to have prostate cancer. so my question for the men is what is the age of some of you?

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thierryb1959 | @thierryb1959 | Sep 20, 2024
In reply to @sannira "I turned 59 in 2020 but diagnosed with cancer in November 2019. I am also considered..." + (show)
@sannira

I turned 59 in 2020 but diagnosed with cancer in November 2019. I am also considered young to get this disease. My PSA started going up in 2015. It was around 5 at that time but in 2019 October it went up to 9 so my PCP referred me to a Urologist. After the biopsy, scans, etc., it is determine as stage 4. I started hormone therapy ( Lupron shots in January), Chemo in February( just got me 3rd infusion yesterday abc have 3 more to go), and I’ll be be getting radiation therapy after the Chemos.

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65

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donmurphy | @donmurphy | Sep 19, 2024

diagnosed with biopsy at 69 after tracking 4.5-6.3 PSAs for 13 years. Got serious about taking a closer look as I approached my 70th which was my planned retirement year.

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kmat | @kmat | Sep 19, 2024
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65

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77 and just diagnosed with prostate cancer, stage 3, Gleason 4+3. I have a PET scan this afternoon and am now on Orgovyx (relugolix), one tablet/d. I see my oncologist Monday. I presume at this point we'll set up a course of radiation treatments at Moffit, Tampa, FL. I still think to myself no symptoms.

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tom9410 | @tom9410 | Sep 19, 2024

71, diagnosed at 67, four years active surveillance, RP 3 days ago

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VancouverIslandHiker | @vancouverislandhiker | Sep 19, 2024

Diagnosed at 58 with 3+4=7 . Prostatectomy 3 years ago , External Beam radiation ( EBRT) 2 years ago . PSA was rising after operation , a little @ 0.14 I got 22 sessions of EBRT . For 8 months it did nothing ... then it went from 0.14 to 0.072 , then to 0.056 , now 0.041 . "The trend in my friend" it appears . PSA can stick to bladder neck and non cancerous cells can be there pushing out PSA at low levels and can grow. PC is very complex in nature . It kills more people every year than Breast cancer yet only gets 2-5% of the funding . Fact !

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VancouverIslandHiker | @vancouverislandhiker | Sep 19, 2024
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@sicernon3

My information is that if you are a man over 50 you will get prostate cancer. Lots of men have it but are probably unaware. That is why PSA testing is significant…

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Your right , Some kill very rapid , while others are not so rapid and remain in background while something else will kill you . More men die of Prostate Cancer than people die of Brest cancer ! Not opinion , Fact ! Yet it only gets 2-5% of funding for research .

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kenporter | @kenporter | Sep 19, 2024

79, getting PSMA PET on Saturday. Gleason 7 (4+3) with seminal vesicles invasion. Did a bladder cancer battle in 2008 for about 5 years. I beat it and still have my bladder. This Prostate cancer is much more confusing with so many options. And all of them loaded with undesirable side effects. Why couldn’t I just break my arm😂.

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pbgentile | @pbgentile | Sep 19, 2024
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@firespooks

I am currently 73 . I’m on my second recurrence. I started my journey at age 55 with a Prostatectomy. My PSA was 5.53. Gleason was 3 + 4= 7.

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I’m 76.

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paul28 | @paul28 | Sep 18, 2024

74.
First 72 were good.
Colon, lung and prostate cancers, plus hyperthyroidism / Graves Disease in last two years.
Now with ORGOVYX side effects.

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rudy904 | @rudy904 | Sep 18, 2024

81. Radiation therapy ended June 24, 2024. Just had my second Lupron injection.

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