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thanks, Jeff. I'd worried about exposure to the contrast agent with PSMA, Is there any concern...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1273494/

Discussion: Finished radiation therapy today, how will I know if it worked?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 3 2:48pm

.95 Decipher and it was decided NOT to use ADT? It seems to me that the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1304479/

Discussion: What are the chances that this is just a PSA bounce?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 15 7:30am

I just had a PSMA 2 days ago and am anxiously awaiting the results. My PSA...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1190783/

Discussion: Intermittent Hormone Therapy (IHT): How is it working for you?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 15, 2024

Yup as soon as I get the PSMA and some other tests

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1246462/

Discussion: MRI Side effects

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 27 9:12am

Have you had a scan? MRI? PSMA PET/CT?

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/920175/

Discussion: Rising PSA years after radical prostatectomy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Aug 28, 2023

Were they able to see the cancer in the MRI or the psma pet

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1200345/

Discussion: Did you choose active surveillance? Why was it a good choice?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 30, 2024

Cooper, one thing you might look at are alternative PET scans. < 10% of prostate cancers...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1180902/

Discussion: Rapid Reccurance and Short Doubling Time after RARP

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Nov 27, 2024

Jeff, what were the alternative agents they mentioned when PSMA doesn’t show anything….Axuminand FDG(?)

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1285198/

Discussion: Recent PSMA PET does not detect cancer, what’s next?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 19 8:21am

Any alternative treatment will require PSMA Pet/CT before they even schedule, so that makes up for...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1158363/

Discussion: Newly diagnosed with prostate cancer: What might I be in for?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 17, 2024

Given that you have CRMPC, I would retest PSA and discuss with your oncologist the benefit...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1027839/

Discussion: Sudden drop in PSA in just one month

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 5, 2024

The PSMA Pet test is really necessary to decide what to do next. If the cancer...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1261281/

Discussion: Surgeon Experience for Gleason 8

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 18 2:44pm

The axumin scan is not the greatest, Most places have stopped using it, It’s not nearly...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1231120/

Discussion: Gleason 4+5, up from 4+3

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 6 8:48pm

I am in a different situation as I am pre-treatment, but I have been diagnosed with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/789075/

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

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Dec 26, 2022

From a quick online scan by a layperson, the main difference is the radiopharmaceutical used for...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1129514/

Discussion: Are all PSMA tests the same?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Aug 23, 2024

Good to know it was timely detected and that you are doing well. My husband had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1128904/

Discussion: Anyone dealing with concurrent prostrate and kidney cancer (RCC)?

Support Group: Kidney Cancer

Posted: Aug 22, 2024

A PSMA Pet/CT is to determine if it spread at this point that is all. But...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1158408/

Discussion: Newly diagnosed with prostate cancer: What might I be in for?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 17, 2024

Here’s an informative videos that may help in your decision making. https://www.urotoday.com/video-lectures/pet-psma-imaging-in-prostate-cancer/video/mediaitem/1978-the-biology-of-the-prostate-cancer-metastasis-and-what-psma-imaging-is-teaching-us-presentation-and-discussion-kenneth-j-pienta.html

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/602981/

Discussion: Post prostatectomy: What do rising PSA levels mean?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 19, 2021

You might stay off Lupron wait 7months. PSMA/PET is expensive and medcare will cover 80%. If...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1115966/

Discussion: Can you use Lupron to postpone PSMA?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Aug 1, 2024

With a GG1, what exactly do you mean by “high volume?” What numbers/findings indicate that? (With...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1272377/

Discussion: PCRI Conference interesting points made

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 2 8:51am

I wonder if they'll play Christmas music during my PSMA

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1180982/

Discussion: 'Tis the season

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Nov 27, 2024

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