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Posted: Jan 16 7:39am

Neil, Radiation continues to kill cancer cells for some time after treatments ends. Your 2.8ng/mL bounce...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1483549/

Discussion: Are extreme PSA bounces after radiation due to cancer or inflammation?

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Posted: Jan 16 7:03am

@vircet You can find many PCRI videos (w/Dr. Scholz, MD) on YouTube talking about this topic...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1482710/

Discussion: What are the chances that this is just a PSA bounce?

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Posted: Jan 15 5:58am

@jeffmarc My PSA was 10.05 pre-treatment. I started on Orgovyx March 26 2025, completed SBRT mid-April...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1482621/

Discussion: Slight PSA rise 9 months after radiation.

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Posted: Jan 14 10:16pm

I was diagnosed at 7.1 PSA and had two positive biopsy cores with Gleeson 3+4 and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1482022/

Discussion: 50 and Full of Life. Need advice. TULSA or HIFU or what?

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Posted: Jan 14 9:51am

@jeffmarc The two drugs I was taking were Lupron (shot every 12 weeks) & Abiraterone (4...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1481791/

Discussion: ADT injection: Benefits worth the toll it will take on my body?

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Posted: Jan 13 11:32pm

@wwsmith Really hit the high points. NCCN who sets the guidelines doesn’t call for 3+4 to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1481700/

Discussion: ADT injection: Benefits worth the toll it will take on my body?

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Posted: Jan 13 7:37pm

This is a lot on info to digest. Am 67, was diagnosed GL7 4+3 in 4...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1480497/

Discussion: Dr. Bert Vorstman skeptical of any PC treatment. What do you think?

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Posted: Jan 12 11:35am

@jeffmarc The Phoenix Rule for the determination of a prostate cancer recurrence for persons that have...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1479762/

Discussion: one year post radiation advice

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Posted: Jan 11 2:03pm

Yes, Jeff, thank you. It's unclear why my testosterone levels haven't dropped despite the ADT. Whether...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1478951/

Discussion: Meeting for those with genetic mutations

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Posted: Jan 10 1:11pm

@pfj0650 Below the NCCN guidelines for how long you should be on ADT. You seem to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1478111/

Discussion: PSA Nadir main deciding factor when one can start on Intermittent ADT?

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Posted: Jan 9 10:57am

@jeffmarc If Gleason 7 unfavorable (4+3) and only got 20 fractions of 3 Gy’s each and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1478037/

Discussion: PSA Nadir main deciding factor when one can start on Intermittent ADT?

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Posted: Jan 9 9:41am

After a prostatectomy, they usually want to do Salvage radiation when the PSA hits .2. That...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1476858/

Discussion: The right time to start radiation post RP with an increasing PSA?

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Posted: Jan 7 3:31pm

@bobgolf How often are PSA’s and biopsies performed? I would think you’d have to be monitored...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1474821/

Discussion: Prostate Cancer Gleason 6 Group 1 + Hypogonadism

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Posted: Jan 5 6:33am

@jeffmarc Oh, Jeff. Thanks for reply! Nubeqa and Orgovix not available for me (according to the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1473661/

Discussion: What helps to slow testosterone growth?

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Posted: Jan 3 1:17pm

@josephtj Again, I really suspect this doctor is not giving you the best treatment possible. One...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1473500/

Discussion: Post surgery PSA after 3 months was 1.77: Wait another 3 months?

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Posted: Jan 3 10:30am

My PSA was .37 eight weeks post surgery. I developed Ileus (A temporary paralysis or slowing...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1473330/

Discussion: Post surgery PSA after 3 months was 1.77: Wait another 3 months?

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Posted: Jan 3 6:46am

@jbuscher123 A couple of things Even if your MRI shows nothing, you could very well have...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1471120/

Discussion: Seeking Wisdom and Guidance

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Posted: Dec 31, 2025

@jeffmarc I was initially diagnosed in July of 2023 with a PSA of 29 and Gleason...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1470760/

Discussion: Anyone get PSA Test Angst days before that post-treatment PSA test?

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Posted: Dec 30, 2025

@drcopp thanks! I also took advantage of this offer. It was focused on “germline genetic mutations...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1470483/

Discussion: Epigenetic changes

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Posted: Dec 30, 2025

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