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CyberKnife to my understanding refers to Proton Beam SBRT, (Stereo Tactic Body Radiation Therapy). I believe...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/808729/

Discussion: Living with Prostate Cancer: Meet others & introduce yourself

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 9, 2023

I was recently diagnosed September 2025 . Drs and research studies all said the same thing...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1521776/

Discussion: Proton vs Photon

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 7 12:34pm

Thanks jc76, I thought only photos were left. I’ll immediately call for a decipher test. The...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1313610/

Discussion: Gleason 6 Decipher 0.64. Photon, proton, AS, TULSA?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 26, 2025

I was 73 with 4-3 in two cores and 3-4 in two others all from the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1105154/

Discussion: Treatment options: radiation without ADT?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 13, 2024

I’m 72, I was diagnosed with Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia (malignant lymphoplasmacitic lymphoma) a year ago. During the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/859945/

Discussion: Gleason 9: ADT before radiation

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 14, 2023

I have just finished a 5 session proton treatment for my prostate cancer at Mayo Phoenix...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/852887/

Discussion: PSA - 17.1, are Lupron injections necessary?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 1, 2023

@wwsmith Great question for any of us on this forum! My treatment goals were determined by...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1503299/

Discussion: The decision I have to make is tearing me up

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 11 2:21pm

Hi there @bobpros. I just opened my computer and found your post. So....let me take a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/325350/

Discussion: High PSA three years post op

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 16, 2020

robo45vt: I finished my 5 hypo fractional treatments in February of last year. It was with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1027821/

Discussion: Radiation instead of removal (surgery delayed due to illness)

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 5, 2024

Here is Johns Hopkins’ protocol for active surveillance: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/prostate-cancer/active-surveillance-for-prostate-cancer That’s close to what I did: PSA...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1039898/

Discussion: Is weight loss in Stage 1, Gleason score of 6 cancer, normal?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 25, 2024

| @ozelli | I looked at your post on Apr 24 4:50am, which was as follows:...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1386987/

Discussion: Side effects and PSA after photon radiation.

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Sep 4, 2025

needsadvice, All depends on what treatment is designed for you. If your team wants to do...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/956110/

Discussion: Meeting up with others who are having Proton Treatment

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 30, 2023

I am 73 and 10 months old with three cores of 3-4 and two cores 4-3...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/880398/

Discussion: can I survive PC (Gleason score 7) with just external beam radiation?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 17, 2023

Solesky, your situation is very similar to mine: last year I was diagnosed with 4 cancerous...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1098118/

Discussion: Recently diagnosed with prostate cancer: What questions to ask docs?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 2, 2024

Dear Vulcan, you and your father are in the same situation that all of us were...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/824664/

Discussion: New and Need Guidance: What questions to ask about prostate cancer?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 11, 2023

merwether, Yes had SpaceOar gel injected. It was done with local anesthesia. When I would finish...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/934146/

Discussion: Recommendation for second opinion on prostate MRI scan?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Sep 22, 2023

@olanordman, you may also wish to read these related discussions: - Post prostatectomy: What do rising...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/335976/

Discussion: Rising PSA years after radical prostatectomy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 23, 2021

I had Proton Beam Therapy in early Feb 2020. I was age 69, After my 2nd...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/872889/

Discussion: Tips for getting off Flomax (tamsulosin)?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 5, 2023

I am not a doctor so I can't give you a definitive answer. My own experience...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/797715/

Discussion: Proton therapy: Why there are different numbers of treatments?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 16, 2023

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1458426/

Discussion: Was on active surveillance, now gleason 3+4: Any advice?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 11, 2025

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