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Good information. I am having the proton treatment also but at another provider. The side affects...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/870036/

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

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 31, 2023

I did 39 sessions 5 days per week. No side effects for first 3 weeks or...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/789022/

Discussion: Has anyone had the PSMA-PET scan? Was cancer found?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 26, 2022

Hello to any who chose radiation: I have decided that the sbrt radiation MRI guided was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1048679/

Discussion: Radical prostatectomy (RP) vs radiation post age 70

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 10, 2024

I requested trans-perineal (which, BTW, is *not* through the scrotum) because of the lowered infection risk...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1296695/

Discussion: Biopsy Infection

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 4, 2025

I had radiation for seven weeks. IMRT. That was about 12 years ago. I just never...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1348987/

Discussion: Hormone Therapy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 15, 2025

He's stage 3b. He's on elligard injections & Zytiga-oral chemo for 2 years. He also had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/858358/

Discussion: 3rd opinion: How many opinions did you get for prostate cancer?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 11, 2023

Your high decipher score indicates a higher risk of prostate cancer spreading and metastasis. With your...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1314906/

Discussion: What would be best course of treatment

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 28, 2025

Radiation can cause a number of issues, For many people it isn’t that much of a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1412866/

Discussion: Radiation versus Chemo?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 10, 2025

Thanks dgd1953 for your information. Your experience is the closest to mine so far. I never...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1387140/

Discussion: Side effects and PSA after photon radiation.

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Sep 5, 2025

I have the gel spacer - but for low dose per session proton beam therapy. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1313293/

Discussion: Anyone have rectal pain after radiation? What helps?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 26, 2025

I am on Orgovyx alone for a little over 4 months and the side effects have...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1368560/

Discussion: just diagnosed 2 mos ago Gleason 8 2 lymph nodes

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Aug 11, 2025

The proton beam radiation treatments were relatively uneventful: 28 fractions; 2.5 grays/fraction; with SpaceOAR Vue just...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1255539/

Discussion: How many biopsies?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 11, 2025

Sps488: for me, there was a grieving process, sort of a death of health and cancer...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/819095/

Discussion: Surgery or Radiation + Hormone Therapy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 1, 2023

@diverjer Yes, I started off with surgery and 3 1/2 years later it came back and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1536169/

Discussion: Not Good News after prostate biospy when MRI didn't look too bad

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: 1 day ago

PSA was 2.9 before my five proton radiation treatments at Mayo Phoenix for my Gleason 7....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/976127/

Discussion: 1st PSA results after Proton Beam Therapy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 6, 2023

I’ll check what is available in Florida… I have a condo in North Naples that normally...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/811177/

Discussion: MRIdian Viewray Experience

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 14, 2023

I had the SpaceOAR Vue injection and the proton radiation treatments at the University of Cincinnati;...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1252177/

Discussion: Third SBRT Opinion Worth It?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 6, 2025

The Gleason 4+3 in several cores plus cribriform architecture and the Decipher score translates to high...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1249368/

Discussion: Any advice or shared experiences with SpaceOAR Hydrogel?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 3, 2025

Thank you, Scott, for sharing and kind encouragement. When it come to seeking treatment from a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1095519/

Discussion: When to start ADT treatment of 4+3 score?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 28, 2024

I am still trying to figure out the "stray rays" issue, to quote edva1943, between Proton...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/778181/

Discussion: SpaceOAR causing issues

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Nov 28, 2022

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