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Sounds like you made the best decisions possible. With Gleason 9, EPE and persistent PSA, ADT...

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Discussion: Salvage radiation therapy after radical prostatectomy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Nov 11, 2024

According to Doctor Scholz At the latest PCRI conference SBRT is the way to go just...

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Discussion: Is anyone else oligometastatic with low PSA, post surgery?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: 3 hours ago

No apologies about ignorance allowed - we are ALL struggling to understand the many contradictions- and...

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Discussion: ADT for several months before Radical Prostatectomy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 3 8:39pm

Having the cancer come back after 17 years is not unique. At the advanced prostate cancer...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1277086/

Discussion: The paradox of testosterone and ADT

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 8 10:54am

Once your husband has been on any ADT drug, Lupron will not cause a flare. There...

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Discussion: At what point do you start Pluvicto?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 8 11:42am

The key to much of this involves early and annual screening which leads (hopefully) to early...

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Discussion: Advice from the Trenches for New Members of this Cursed Club

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 9 9:26am

You ll be studying this stuff like I ve been for 24 months now. I should...

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

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 5 5:15pm

Pondering this same concept: that perhaps the cancer is NOT hormone dependent prior to treatment. I...

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Discussion: The paradox of testosterone and ADT

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 6 7:09pm

The PSA will fluctuate anyway, so a one-time change from 250 to 200 probably doesn't mean...

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Discussion: At what point do you start Pluvicto?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 8 1:21pm

Lung nodules can be a little tricky to treat, but they can Use SBRT to eliminate...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1282454/

Discussion: ‘Big Guns’ - Triple Therapy with Double Chemo - How to prepare?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 15 11:08am

Update: decided to go with ADT (Firmagon shots) and double chemo (doxetaxel+carboplatin), followed by Abiraterone after...

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Discussion: A Quandry between two medical recommendations for mPCa to lung only

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 25 9:02am

Seventeen years is a long time - anything can happen. But it’s not like your husband...

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Discussion: The paradox of testosterone and ADT

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 8 7:41am

Chapter 7 -The waiting. The endless waiting Subtitled: How Time Slows to a Viscous Gel and...

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Discussion: A crimson story: My journey with prostate cancer

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 25 9:48am

Thank you both for the helpful comments and questions. I very much appreciate your responses to...

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Discussion: Chemo, Lupron & Nubeqa (Triple treatment) Outcomes

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 20 12:42pm

Two old buddies sitting on a park bench. Both named Tom. One of the buddies is...

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Discussion: The Pros and Cons of De-escalation of advanced treatments

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 14 1:32pm

12 years ago I had salvage radiation, 3 1/2 years after a prostatectomy. The prostatectomy left...

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Discussion: BCR after 5 years Prostatectomy now questions about SRT

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 8 11:06am

Hi, The clinical trial schema(below) uses a set of risk indicators. One risk => low risk...

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Discussion: Gleason 9 SO wants me to stop ADT @6 Mos for look see

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 20 2:57pm

@heavyphil & northoftheborder I have just completed my 5th and last SBRT treatment. 40 Gy (5...

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Discussion: Beginning EBRT next week. Do I need to follow a low-fiber diet?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 21 1:33pm

@web265 You were also Gleason 7. Are you still off ADT? Still off ADT for now....

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Discussion: Who is a good candidate for Intermittent ADT?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 22 7:06am

Is keeping my PC at bay with RP ADT and radiation considered cured? I think not....

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Discussion: No. Prostate Cancer is not the “good one”

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Apr 22 9:12am

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