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Hi Laojia, If you are getting SBRT/Cyberknife alone, it will be at substantially higher amounts. My...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1096755/

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

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 30, 2024

My PCP was concerned because my psa was fluctuating and he ordered a biopsy. My psa...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/876292/

Discussion: What were your side effects of proton therapy both during and after?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 10, 2023

As others have said, their experiences... Same for me.... I was diagnosed in January 2014 at...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1366157/

Discussion: Quality of life feed back . Radiation vs.surgery 54 years old

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Aug 8, 2025

Agree with Surfer on all points. Age is a very important factor in prostate cancer treatment...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1372471/

Discussion: New Oncologist recommendation vs. prostectomy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Aug 17, 2025

There is light at the end of the tunnel... One of the dilemmas in our decisions...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1347778/

Discussion: With regional lymph node metastasis what is the progression?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 14, 2025

There’s a recent video that shows that if you have cribriform the cancer is more aggressive...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1193509/

Discussion: Surgery? Radiation? Can I have an independent suggestion?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 19, 2024

@jercalif I can appreciate pain avoidance. Personally, I hate needles. But, in every instance I weigh...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1492476/

Discussion: Choosing a simple RALP vs. a radical RALP vs. a compromise RALP?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 28 9:41am

Perform routine DRE's? PSA? You decide. A few years ago the medical establishment decreed that routine...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/790278/

Discussion: PSA Persistence after RP and Salvage Radiation

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 30, 2022

I dealt with 3 top institutions and all had their procedures and protocols. Mayo emphasizes proton...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1313965/

Discussion: Looking for info on HDR Brachytherapy to ask Radiation Oncologist

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 27, 2025

I agree with peterj116 "don't get ahead of yourself and there is no point in researching...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1154195/

Discussion: One year past prostatectomy, in waiting mode.

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 8, 2024

Hello and welcome to the forum. You’ve joined a club that no one wants to join,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1118760/

Discussion: Surgery or Radiation for Intermediate Prostate Cancer?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Aug 6, 2024

My Details: * 2025 PSA tests of July 6.2 & August 6.6. * CT scan showed...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1488552/

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

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 22 7:21am

It’s amazing how much you learn over time. I regularly use the phrase “If I only...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1345289/

Discussion: Help finding a study re treatment: EBRT plus ADT vs ADT alone

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jul 10, 2025

@tango32652 My COT, course of treatment, was going to be ADT, specifically Eligard, for 6 months...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1091680/

Discussion: ADT as a stand alone treatment

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 22, 2024

I had my PSA surge from 3 to 4 in one year and then to 6.5...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/989887/

Discussion: PSA 8.6, MRI PIRADS 5, Biopsy scheduled, so a bit worried

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 1, 2024

I had two HDR brachytherapy sessions at Mayo Rochester a week apart in April 2023 (16...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1186203/

Discussion: HDR Brachytherapy treatment recovery process?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 7, 2024

I’m 71 and had a rising psa for several years - when it got to 5...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/864023/

Discussion: Hot flashes, fatigue 4 months after radiation and Orgovyx

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 21, 2023

My decision to have surgery when I was diagnosed in January 2014 (age 57) was based...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1258394/

Discussion: Post prostatectomy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 15, 2025

@lifutang, I am a 74 year old prostate cancer patient sorting through the same decisions as...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1246247/

Discussion: Why do some only need 5 proton beam sessions and others more?

Support Group: Proton Beam Therapy

Posted: Feb 26, 2025

First of all, welcome to the forum and best wishes for success on wherever your journey...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1088693/

Discussion: 3+3 - others' experiences and questions I should ask doc?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 17, 2024

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