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Posted: Feb 21 7:45am

@kujhawk1978 Thank you for such a thoughtful and informative response. I will try to fill in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1510738/

Discussion: PSA now .04. What might be next steps?

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Posted: Feb 20 6:12pm

Sounds like your cancer is "reoccurring" which is fairly common post RP. Cancer cells get out...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1510199/

Discussion: My PSA climbed 02, .04, .07 .15 .21 had a RP 2 yrs ago PSMA negative ?

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Posted: Feb 20 7:46am

@chipe In a sense he is correct, since Decipher is useful BEFORE treatment and kind of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1506969/

Discussion: How long after radical prostatectomy did you see a rise in your PSA?

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Posted: Feb 16 7:18am

@sodogo I'm your age and recently finished a course of SBRT two months ago. My psa...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1506447/

Discussion: What is treatment for Gleason Score 8 at 80 years old in good health?

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Posted: Feb 15 12:50pm

@fritzo Your biopsy information looks good. They don’t appear to have found any of those aggressive...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1504196/

Discussion: Decipher risk: prostatectomy RP vs radiation.

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Posted: Feb 12 3:15pm

As someone who has BRCA2, I would highly recommend you get genetic testing. My father died...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1503954/

Discussion: Salvage surgery or salvage radiation?

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Posted: Feb 12 11:07am

@beachflyer I do think I may have had some seminal vessel involvement. I don't know if...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1503823/

Discussion: MRI Results

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Posted: Feb 12 9:12am

I was diagnosed with PC last fall with a gleason score of 8 with a significant...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1503481/

Discussion: Hormone therapy patch

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Posted: Feb 11 6:58pm

15 months ago I had 20 rounds of radiation for the prostate and prostate bed, and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1502798/

Discussion: Weighing the cancer risk reduction & quality-of-life cost of ADT?

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Posted: Feb 10 8:32pm

I really appreciate this line of discussion, especially comments by @handera. With a Decipher score of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1500584/

Discussion: How much value to put on the numbers in the Decipher Grid?

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Posted: Feb 7 9:31pm

@jc76 I had RP followed by BCR 2 years later then ADT and radiation. My PSA...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1500503/

Discussion: Possible Recurrence. Need to test again in 3 months. Nervous.

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Posted: Feb 7 6:11pm

@ebooneac You could instead use the estradiol patch. The patch studies showed it’s just as effective...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1500141/

Discussion: MRI Results

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Posted: Feb 7 10:39am

@shelby29 Because radiation with aggressive cancers sometimes does not give full result. My husband was diagnosed...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1495879/

Discussion: RARP vs RT plus ADT for Gleason 8 with cribiform and high Decipher

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Posted: Feb 1 6:32pm

@ivan222 I’m curious if you’ve had any updates on this since your post in this chat...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1494761/

Discussion: Anyone had proton therapy after prostatectomy?

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Posted: Jan 31 9:08am

I had my prostate cancer treated with proton radiation (with ADT) during April-May 2021. After making...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1494655/

Discussion: Do I need a Urologist?

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Posted: Jan 31 6:55am

@brianjarvis It's great to hear that you were able to continue to lift weights, run and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1493007/

Discussion: RARP vs RT plus ADT for Gleason 8 with cribiform and high Decipher

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Posted: Jan 28 8:41pm

@tallbob I saw Scholz for 14 years starting in 2012 with a very small amount of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1492774/

Discussion: Dr said Good news Bad news

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Posted: Jan 28 2:35pm

I was pretty much the same. PSA 30, October started ADT. By December PSA dropped to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1491688/

Discussion: Is an ADT Treatment PSA Drop From 25 to 0.63 in 2.5 months Fast?

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Posted: Jan 27 9:34am

@dietzpagan 2.5 years after I started zytiga, I became castrate resistant, Which means the ADT drug...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1491671/

Discussion: Weighing the cancer risk reduction & quality-of-life cost of ADT?

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Posted: Jan 27 9:21am

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