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Thank you, again. I am assuming that since this tumor grew within a naturally low testosterone...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1195533/

Discussion: Cribriform cells: Does their presence change treatment approach?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 22, 2024

My brother had his prostrate cancer spread to cerebellum and to the parietal lobe. He was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/613256/

Discussion: Left temporal lobe involvement

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 2, 2021

Hello, My gleason is 3+4. I don't want it lingering in my prostate. I was given...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1102226/

Discussion: Gleason 6 (3+3) treatments

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 9, 2024

I was unable to go with brachytherapy, and went with Proton HDR and hormone therapy with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/867740/

Discussion: HDR Brachytherapy as a standalone treatment option

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 27, 2023

When I was first diagnosed with Gleason 6 low risk cancer in 2020 I opted for...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1072992/

Discussion: Gleason 6 (3+3) treatments

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 22, 2024

I will begin that treatment next week. What’s going to come if it , I do...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/795098/

Discussion: HDR Brachytherapy as a standalone treatment option

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 11, 2023

I took a different path; I had HDR Brachytherapy. 99.7 percent cure expectations… surgery was fine,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/776820/

Discussion: Prostate cancer surgery: What can I expect & prepare for?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Nov 24, 2022

I’m four weeks out from my last of two HDR brachytherapy treatments. Initially, I had minimal...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1152323/

Discussion: Brachytherapy: Regrets & Why ?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 5, 2024

Thank you @robertmizek. Totally agree I need the decipher score to make a final decision and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1114009/

Discussion: Gleason 6 But high decipher score.

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 29, 2024

@rkurtzjr SBRT in my case was a 'boost' therapy at UCSF involving treatment sessions 950 cGy...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/990427/

Discussion: Anyone had a decipher test done? Did the results impact treatment?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 2, 2024

Like you, I had LDR brachytherapy (early October). Then, twenty-five treatments of IMRT (Tuesday will be...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1190796/

Discussion: Can radiationi side effects come in "waves"?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 15, 2024

Paul, I assume you are talking about the spacer for the brachytherapy ONLY? My RO told...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1156837/

Discussion: My Treatment Decision Is In: Single Seed Brachytherapy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 14, 2024

"First off, my sympathies. The combination therapy is a bit of a barrage to the prostate....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1183975/

Discussion: How long between IMRT and brachytherapy boost?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 3, 2024

If you haven't already discovered it, there's an excellent video detailing the LDR brachytherapy process on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1163881/

Discussion: What to expect the day of low-dose Prostate Brachytherapy? Recovery?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 28, 2024

I am now 78.5 years old.After 16 years in remission my mri shows a small lesion...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/814117/

Discussion: Living with Prostate Cancer: Meet others & introduce yourself

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Posted: Feb 19, 2023

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/313237/

Discussion: SBRT vs. Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 11, 2020

Go for a 2nd Pathology opinion of your Biopsy Slides for assurance they did not miss...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1102719/

Discussion: Gleason 6 (3+3) treatments

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 10, 2024

Anyone have there cancer treated at university, California San Francisco? UCSF I met with a radiation...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1030916/

Discussion: Center of Excellence questions/recommendations for CA resident

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 10, 2024

Thanks Phil. I agree with you regarding surgery. Radiation and ADT seems like the way to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1247135/

Discussion: The treatment begins. I hope it makes sense.

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 28 8:18am

What I found as I was reviewing resources back in 2019/2020 (for my 2021 proton radiation...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1326466/

Discussion: ADT first then Radiation? Or Surgery?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 13 1:12pm

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