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Prostate cancer-related abbreviations: What acronym would you add?
There are so many acronyms related to prostate cancer. When newly diagnosed these can be overwhelming and frustrating. As you become more familiar with the...
Had my 4-month PSA test today
Today was a very good day - my 4-month PSA test came back at 0.473 ng/mL. So, now we move from 4-month tests to 6-month...
Another Prostate Cancer Anniversary
Another anniversary today —> 13 years ago today (4/27/2012), I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Having first heard about PSA testing when I was 40y...
Anybody get treated in Portland, Oregon?
I live in Portland, Oregon. I have a urologist I really like, and in keeping with Dr. Scholz's YouTube videos, I'm leaning toward radiation rather...
Lupron or Not at 76?
Background - biopsy in 2022 was completely clean. Biopsy in 2026, Gleason 9. PET shows cancer is localized. Had first appointment with oncologist yesterday. Recommended...
Tulsa Pro - share your experiences
I want to thank all for support on my recent prostate cancer treatment, Tulsa pro. I am very thankful to my wife and my daughter...
Not Good News after prostate biospy when MRI didn't look too bad
Last month I had PSA of 5.23 when a few months earlier it was 3.2. Then they scheduled me for MRI of prostate. Did another...
Soursop - Graviola herbal supplements
Has anyone augmented / supplanted his prostate cancer treatments with herbal soursop-Graviola ingestion? A few people are strong proponents but the big houses are casually...
Asking doctors to order a Decipher test
Hey - gleason 8 - seminal invasion psa47 - adt for 1yr. 28sesions photon radiation - psa undetectable since September 2025 - I'm asking both...
ADT and weight loss?
My husband's been on ADT, elegard injections for over a year and has not gained any weight. He's 5'11" and weighs 153. (His treatment was...
Failed Barrigel injection and insertion of only 3 of 4 carbon markers
I had a procedure earlier this week in preparation for upcoming 20 sessions of photon beam therapy to (i) insert Barrigel between my prostate and...
Newly diagnosed stage 2. Trying to decide on a treatment plan.
Hello, I was diagnosed last month with stage 2 prostate cancer. My doctor said I had 3 options, radiation, removal or observation. He seemed to...
SBRT vs. Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy
Well, my last visit to Mayo didn't go as well as I wanted. I'm 72 years old and I had an Ultrasound-guided transperineal prostate biopsy...
Bad news again (still)
Perhaps you read my story, perhaps not. Gleason 8, spread to bladder neck 55 years old. Prostatectomy with bladder lesion cut out. Recurrence after a...
End of Radiation
Completed yesterday: 28 sessions (Rad Onc's advice) of EBRT/IMRT/VMAT on a Varian Truebeam CT-Linac with CTCB Image guidance, SpaceOar and tissue markers. Go Photons. Beam...
Silly accounting tricks
So, I'm nearing the end of my treatment - 6 months of ADT with 28 sessions of photon EBRT in the middle. I'm looking at...
How do you spend your time in the linear accelerator?
I had three initial days of waiting on the table for my bladder to fill for one reason or another. On the third day I...
The end of my Chernobyl Spa Days
Yesterday marked the end of my EBRT pilgrimage. Twenty-one precision-guided rituals at the Chernobyl Spa, where modernity’s most sophisticated death rays are deployed with bureaucratic...
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