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Yes. I had brachytherapy in 2017. Gleason 4+4 Left lateral base and 4+3 left lateral mid....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/924893/

Discussion: Faced with a treatment decision: Brachytherapy vs high dose radiation?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Sep 5, 2023

Gleason 3 + 4 = 7 and all you were offered was a radical prostategomy ....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1148875/

Discussion: Gleason7(3+4) - treatment options recommendation

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Sep 28 6:33pm

I faced some of this thinking and I am 10 yrs younger. Lupron made me weak...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/850633/

Discussion: PSA - 17.1, are Lupron injections necessary?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 28, 2023

My PSA level remained stagnant at 2.9 after I had brachytherapy for a period of eighteen...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1092510/

Discussion: What is a Quick Rise in PSA?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 23 12:10pm

Your six weeks of radiation are IMRT which is the lower dose radiation. They do the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1151415/

Discussion: Brachytherapy: Regrets & Why ?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 3 4:43pm

As noted earlier, my treatment is only one dose of HDR BRACHYTHERAPY; and of the type...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1158754/

Discussion: My Treatment Decision Is In: Single Seed Brachytherapy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 18 4:55am

Hi cheriekhan- Started 6 mos orgovyx a week prior to single session HDR brachytherapy, including marker...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1133254/

Discussion: CT scan before radiation

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Aug 30 9:03am

I also read this Brachytherapy Report . In my case I am 85 years young ,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1152970/

Discussion: Gleason7(3+4) - treatment options recommendation

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 6 1:00pm

Hi @johalla, welcome to the Prostate Cancer group. Deciding on treatment is a cross-road all men...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/609963/

Discussion: How to choose treatment for prostate cancer?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 18, 2021

It's a numbers game, as doctors don't have tests or scans that can examine every cell...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/765850/

Discussion: What are the Odds No Cancer Ever Returns After a radical prostatectomy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 26, 2022

I began seeing UCLA Medical Oncologist Dr. John Shen earlier this year for on-going follow-up to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1096572/

Discussion: UCLA Doctor

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 29 11:16pm

I have consulted with a Radiation Oncologist , at my request , to investigate Monotherapy HDR...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1153547/

Discussion: Gleason7(3+4) - treatment options recommendation

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 7 12:56pm

Hey Steve. Welcome and at the same time sorry that you have to join our brotherhood....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1113864/

Discussion: Gleason 6 But high decipher score.

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 29 9:09am

Let's make sure we are talking about the same procedure .... I am having HDR BRACHYTHERAPY....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1151537/

Discussion: Brachytherapy: Regrets & Why ?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 4 12:54am

Oh, I remember what you’re going thru very well. I was diagnosed in Sept’22, Gleason 4+3/7,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1155303/

Discussion: Treatment Decision - Radical Prostatectomy versus Radiation Therapy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 11 8:46am

Wishing you the best. I’m 60, was diagnosed at 58. Stage 1 intermediate, Gleason 4+3/7. My...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1017742/

Discussion: Treatment questions for "younger men" with PC (40 to 60?).

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 18 6:53am

I won’t call it luck but I will agree that I’ve been fortunate, even blessed. I’m...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1072294/

Discussion: Post prostatectomy: What do rising PSA levels mean?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 21 1:18pm

Simple questions to begin with, with my answers in square brackets "[ ]": - What is...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/858786/

Discussion: Prostate Cancer: What Questions to ask doctor upon initial diagnosis?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 12, 2023

I am a 4+3 also. 3 of 12 cores were +. 1 was 4+3 and two...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1087734/

Discussion: Proton therapy with short term hormone therapy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 16 8:56am

Great question and like most things with PCa, the answer is complicated. As I understand it,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1072626/

Discussion: Second Opinions in Prostate Cancer

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 22 8:35am

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