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Yes, is the short answer. To this nonmedically trained 73 yr old layperson, there are challenging...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/891998/

Discussion: Lupron Treatment Duration: How long were you on it?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 8, 2023

Found your whole response interesting and helpful. Maybe radiopharmaceuticals for BCR, hopefully without all the adt...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/869083/

Discussion: Starting Proton Treatments for Prostate Cancer: Any experiences?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 30, 2023

Well, depends on your clinical data... May be useful if you have the pathology report -...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1180941/

Discussion: Post prostatectomy PSA

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Nov 27, 2024

No reason to hit the panic button. You may have BCR with .2, another PSA test...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/647619/

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

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 23, 2021

Assuming that you will have another PSA test from the same lab in another 6 weeks,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1258281/

Discussion: First PSA Post RARP

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 15 6:20am

Yes, I based my decision on a PSA value that rose very, very slowly for about...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1251475/

Discussion: Recent PSMA PET does not detect cancer, what’s next?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 6 5:59am

I have the same thought. With very high risk disease, the slower recovery time for testosterone...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1268066/

Discussion: Is PSA rise inevitable after hormone therapy?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 27 1:16pm

Words have meaning... What does "cure" mean? I have two friends who had surgery around the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1263938/

Discussion: What?!? "Curing" oligometastatic prostate cancer???

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 22 8:52am

define "pretty high..." I had my surgery in March 2014 also, then BCR in September 2015....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/865030/

Discussion: PSA - 17.1, are Lupron injections necessary?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 23, 2023

3 elevated PSA tests suggest biochemical recurrence (BCR). And your risk factors post surgery are noteworthy....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1135325/

Discussion: Input on PSA rise 3 yrs Post RP

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Sep 3, 2024

Miami62:as a reference, Dr. Patel in Celebration,fl has done 18,000 prostate removals in his lifetime. If...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/826328/

Discussion: Should an Oncologist be involved?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 15, 2023

You commented - I had bilateral nerve sparing and am at 7 months post RP and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/794235/

Discussion: Ultrasensitive PSA Test Post RP

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 9, 2023

I am surprised ( and amazed) at the comments shared by the guys above… My journey...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/767315/

Discussion: Metastatic Prostate Cancer: Where do I go from here?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 30, 2022

Struggling to get to the end. RO says he is one of the rare individuals who...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1095255/

Discussion: Will pause in radiation treatment affect the outcome?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 27, 2024

Hbp: Very kind and generous. Fuzzy was dx'd 1 year ago; has had radiation and ADT;...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/898934/

Discussion: How many had a previous PSA before / How many didn’t?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 20, 2023

thomas, I understand how you could be feeling. I was treated with radiation in 2004-5. That...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/773052/

Discussion: Biopsy results: I'm very scared and afraid

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Nov 14, 2022

From what you describe as his treatment though lacking in his clinical history, has he had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1291748/

Discussion: What should the PSA be? What is the target value with treatment?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 28 8:13am

Hopefully you are physically recovering well and getting back to your pre RP activities. Pre surgery...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1279795/

Discussion: What was your PSA at 3 and 6 months after surgery?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 12 7:06am

I chose robotic surgery in Jan 14 when I was diagnosed. At the time, it was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/110115/

Discussion: Prostate cancer treatment choices

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 11, 2019

You don't mention your age. If you go for radiation it matters as some studies show...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/874412/

Discussion: Biopsy results, seeing urologist on (6/9/23)

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 7, 2023

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