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Ready to throw in the towel
I'm 60 and was diagnosed as Gleason 7, T2B. Was given Lupron, 5 sessions of SBRT and they want me to continue Lupron for a...
Additional radiation treatment for 2nd recurrence
My PSA was 5.53 and my Gleason score was 3+4 =7. I had a robotic prostatectomy in 2006. Went undetectable until 2013. I then Had...
41-days of salvage RT - your experience with side effects?
Hello, First time post, but second go ‘round with prostate cancer. Let me start with my request to the group, then I’ll summarize my history.I...
Seeing the radiologist next, 1 Lesion found in pelvis. Advice?
I am a healthy 67 year old man. Annual physical showed 9.7psa after prior was 4.6 and in watch mode. Surgery in Feb. Now this…Prostate...
Questions I should have asked about prostate cancer, but did not
A cynical, slightly pissed-off handout for the newly diagnosed. Congratulations ! You’ve joined the club no one wants to be in. You’ve just heard the...
PSA level 7 weeks post radical prostatectomy: Thoughts?
I had a NSRP on 1/27/25 at Mayo. My Pathology was a Gleason 9 Grade 5 with extraprostatic extension. AJCC classification T3a. Surgeon did not...
Why does PSMA Pet Scan show no evidence of mets? Missing something?
-PSA of 7.-MRI May/2025 PI-RADS 5, suspicious for extraprostatic tumor extension, suggesting neurovascular bundle involvement. No lymphadenopathy.-Biopsy June/2025 - Right posterior medial Gleason 3+4, grade...
Next Steps after chemo
Hello, I am 52. Diagnosed in March with prostate cancer 9 Mets to bones. Mainly on sacrum. One on skull. PSA 220. Gleasons 7s &9s....
Post RT 6 years after RP with Rising PSA now at .28.
In 2018 I was diagnosed with PC with Gleason of 7 with no spread outside of prostate gland. Post RP PSA < .01. In 2024...
Overwhelming fear after undetectable to slightly detectable psa
My husband had a prostatectomy in June 2022. Gleason 3+4 (less than 5% 4) organ confined disease. His pre-op PSA was 7. Last week he...
Newby in PNW Favorable vs Unfavorable Intermediate
66 year old - healthy & active. PSA 5.03 (9/23) then 7.48 (9/24). MRI: T2 with extracapsular extension. Biopsy: Gleason 3+4/7, Cribriform aprox. 40% of...
Approximate time for stomach, bowels to settle after Photon radiation?
A 4-3 with 7 Gleason , did 28 weekdays Photon treatments, stayed on recommended diet. Still getting up 3-6 times at night. Any gas will...
Prostate Surgery With Bilateral Lymph node dissection
Since I was recently dagnosed with prostate cancer (Gleason 3+7, PSA: 14.5, and GPS score of 47), my urologist is planning a surgery next week...
Prostate cancer: What treatments did you choose? Results?
Hello all,I’m 73 and healthy with no conditions but Recently I have had PSA of 5.8 and then a biopsy that resulted in T2a grade...
Conflicted/Confused, any Guidance/Advice out there?
I will be 61 at the end of this month. MRI on August 2022 revealed an area of suspicion measuring 2.2 cm x 1.4 cm...
Proton Beam Therapy - Comments on adding ADT? Yes or No?
So I am very early into my Proton Beam Therapy to treat my prostate cancer. My cancer was evaluated as "intermediate risk" -- with a...
Yes or No to Radiation
I'm getting contradictory recommendations. I'm starting on Degaralix 2 or 3 monthly injections. Then on to Lupron. Along with Degaralix I'll be taking Abiraterone and...
What were your side effects of proton therapy both during and after?
What were your side effects of proton therapy both during and after treatment? I am about to start proton therapy and am interested in members'...
Confused Grade 1 or Grade 2?
Here is my first biopsy interpretation from Penn Medicine: A. Prostate, right posterior, needle core biopsy: Prostatic tissue, no carcinoma seen. B. Prostate, right lateral,...
PET scan?
Age 66, Gleason is 4+3=7 - intermediate unfavorable. I'm talking with doctors to decide between surgery and radiation. It's frustrating that there are no correlations...
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