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If your cancer is hormone sensitive, then ADT is an option that should be pursued and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1090619/

Discussion: PSMA PET scan found cancer in rib and #3 vertebrae. Any experience?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 20, 2024

@cw5rbillleonard, a belated welcome. Good report that ADT is keeping your PSA and cancer in check....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1085536/

Discussion: "Stages" of cancer? Testosterone? Are these important?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 12, 2024

You have made your decision; have confidence in it. ADT sucks. I took it for 4...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1076904/

Discussion: My PSA is 5.3, Gleason (3+4) 7 and Decipher .61. Do I need ADT?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 29, 2024

I do not want to undergo ADT. The side effects scare me. With a Decipher score...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1076382/

Discussion: My PSA is 5.3, Gleason (3+4) 7 and Decipher .61. Do I need ADT?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 28, 2024

None of my doctors suggested adt, neither as a treatment or supplementary treatment; however each individual...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1075078/

Discussion: My PSA is 5.3, Gleason (3+4) 7 and Decipher .61. Do I need ADT?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 26, 2024

Here's a study (pretty old now) challenging the then-accepted 0.2 PSA as the threshold for recurrence,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1074474/

Discussion: 11 anniversaries since diagnosis of stage 4 prostate cancer

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 25, 2024

Apparently, there is a study conducted by Xtandi. This were randomly selected to include all different...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1074195/

Discussion: 11 anniversaries since diagnosis of stage 4 prostate cancer

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 25, 2024

I'm 61 yrs. old and had to make the nearly identical decision , I had similar...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1072770/

Discussion: My PSA is 5.3, Gleason (3+4) 7 and Decipher .61. Do I need ADT?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 22, 2024

My PSA was low but increasing each year for 3 years (3,6,9). Had an MRI, PET...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1070819/

Discussion: What PSA Score sent you to a Urologist?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 19, 2024

I had a PSA of 4.63, two cores with Gleason 3+4, and a Decipher score of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1070062/

Discussion: My PSA is 5.3, Gleason (3+4) 7 and Decipher .61. Do I need ADT?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 18, 2024

Welcome! Sorry for the news. Actually your intro is quite a bit shorter than most and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1068731/

Discussion: Newly diagnosed

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 16, 2024

You are so correct. At 75 they said RT/ADT would suffice. Prostatectomy would result in same...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1068242/

Discussion: Second opinion for husband's stage 4A prostate cancer? And update

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 15, 2024

My opinion is: RADIATION THERAPY/ADT also like Arbiterone, as well as considering using Pluvicto to find...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1067625/

Discussion: Newly diagnosed

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 14, 2024

you're on the right path my brother. I had surgery 3 years ago ( 3+4=7 Gleason...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1058693/

Discussion: Trimix injection good or bad idea?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 28, 2024

Hmmmm... I have Kaiser and although I was referred to an out-of-plan provider, (no Kaiser urologists...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1057770/

Discussion: I had 2 PSA tests given by Kaiser 10.9 and 11: What test is next?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 26, 2024

I was diagnosed with De nova metastatic prostate cancer June 2022. After Radiation treatments to my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1056883/

Discussion: Can anyone share their experience with Nubeqa?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 25, 2024

I am sorry to admit you to this club of ours. Please take a look at...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1056666/

Discussion: Active Surveillance vs Radiation for Unfavorable Intermediate R. Grp.

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 24, 2024

Positive margins with 3-4 are indicative of the possibility of biochemical recurrence. They are more significant...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1054691/

Discussion: Positive margins

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 21, 2024

"Even with 4b, if the number and location of distant mets is less than 5, that...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1054182/

Discussion: My husband has stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 20, 2024

I completed my treatment in May 2023. I had 5 doses of high beam Proton radiation...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1051181/

Discussion: ADT. Afraid of it

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 15, 2024

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