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Most common accepted definition of BCR is two consecutive readings, 90 days apart. With standard PSA...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/255856/

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

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Posted: Dec 26, 2020

Time to throw the BS penalty flag on your medical team. When I was doing 18...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/324469/

Discussion: Testosterone check after Radiation and lupron

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Posted: Oct 15, 2020

That's great news. I finished my proton beam therapy January 2019. Since then I've had 3...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/312546/

Discussion: Follow up after proton beam treatment: GREAT PSA NUMBER

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Posted: Jun 2, 2020

I chose robotic surgery in Jan 14 when I was diagnosed. At the time, it was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/110115/

Discussion: Prostate cancer treatment choices

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Posted: May 11, 2019

I underwent nerve sparing robotic surgical removal of my prostate at Duke U Hospital in 2007...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/110065/

Discussion: Prostate cancer treatment choices

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Posted: Jul 29, 2016

To build on what Jeff wrote, here's the sequence that things happened for me: T: Emergency...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1253506/

Discussion: The waiting is terrible: Husband has Stage 4 prostate cancer

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Posted: Mar 8 6:36pm

As others have said, the future may not be as dark as where you are now...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1253016/

Discussion: The waiting is terrible: Husband has Stage 4 prostate cancer

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Posted: Mar 8 7:40am

There are side effects, mainly fatigue, but if you exercise daily it helps you feel better....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1252755/

Discussion: The waiting is terrible: Husband has Stage 4 prostate cancer

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Posted: Mar 7 4:54pm

When you’re in your 70s recovering testosterone is very slow. I had robo surgery and a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1193738/

Discussion: Anyone have Prostate Cancer Stage 4 with good results?

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Posted: Dec 19, 2024

My 1st 90 day postop PSA was .19 and led directly to Salvage Radiation Treatment. All...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1259201/

Discussion: Anyone had salvage radiation therapy post-prostatectomy?

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Posted: Mar 16 8:23am

Chambee, I am 77, G9, CR, advanced PC, had 13 months of ADT and Erleada and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1050526/

Discussion: ADT. Afraid of it

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Posted: Apr 14, 2024

My situation is somewhat similar. However, cancer was found in one of eight lymph nodes. I’ve...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1231369/

Discussion: Post RALP PSA - how concerned should I be?

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Posted: Feb 7 8:45am

Hey Mish, sorry about those results, but today’s treatment options turn a once lethal disease into...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1237270/

Discussion: It's Official I have Prostate Cancer

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Posted: Feb 15 7:40am

twhite33 First , with your Gleason scores , I would not be dashing out and getting...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1222165/

Discussion: Significant disagreement between 1st and 2nd opinions, what to do?

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Posted: Jan 26 11:21am

Phil, Thank you for sharing your experiences with salvage radiation. I am so glad that it...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1223366/

Discussion: Rising PSA years after radical prostatectomy

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Posted: Jan 27 6:46pm

Hey Graybeard, yes, I did a lot of homework because being in health care made me...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1225771/

Discussion: My Gleason score is 7 - 3+4. How long can I live without treatment?

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Posted: Jan 30 5:59pm

My God, I never thought I would meet someone with a more pessimistic view than me!!...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1248687/

Discussion: elimination of testosterone through ADT and aggressive behavior

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Posted: Mar 2 11:58am

I was 48 when I was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer. I was Gleason grade 7 (3+4)....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/876839/

Discussion: My Gleason score is 7 - 3+4. How long can I live without treatment?

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Posted: Jun 11, 2023

I was Gleason 9(4+5) and decipher score 0.98 My Radiation oncologist (Amar Kishan) says 1 year,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1248739/

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

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Posted: Mar 2 12:47pm

They are not "wrong." Most of the literature I've seen over time discusses .3 or lower...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1253805/

Discussion: BCR Prostate cancer. Need Opinions

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Posted: Mar 9 10:19am

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