Support Groups

Prostate Cancer Support Group

Lock icon Public Support Group
Clear Search
2,135 total results
Discussions (252)
Depression and hormone therapy
I was diagnosed with stage IV PC (Gleason 4+5 =9) and started Lupron and Zitiga shortly thereafter. I had six weeks of radiation which I...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Nov 16, 2025
Surgeon Experience for Gleason 8
Despite doing yearly PSA tests for the last 24 years, DREs whenever recommended by my primary care doctor, and visits to urologists in centers of...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 18, 2025
RARP Pathology II: Looking for direction
Ok. Quick summary is I was diagnosed this year with PC. May 12 had RARP. Post surgery doc (extremely well qualified DP surgeon and head...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jun 27, 2025
BCR after RP inconsistent rise in PSA
I had a RP in January 2023. PSA was 35 at the time and I was stage T3b with Gleason 9 (4+5) and N1, as...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Apr 28, 2025
Frequent and urine burning
I had been diagnosed with prostate cancer on 4th Jan. 2022with Gleason score 8 ( locally prostate cancer, stage cT2cN0M0). Treatment was ADT Triptorelin 11.25...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jul 10, 2023
Why would PSMA-PET scan fail to detect known primary GG2 tumor?
Background: I had a recent TRUS biopsy resulting in 4 out of 12 cores positive, one 7(3+4) and 3 were 6(3+3) for a GG2 Favorable...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 13, 2024
Surgery or Radiation for Intermediate Prostate Cancer?
I was diagnosed with low-grade and low-volume cancer in 2018, and placed on surveillance. 6/24/2024: Prostate biopsy after MRI Now with third biopsy, cancer is...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jul 10, 2025
Can anyone please find a moment to help decipher our MRI report?
Hello everyone, My significant other was first DX with prostate cancer in 2019 with one lesion and regular PSA tests going forward, active surveillance. His...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 28, 2023
The Gray Area of Favorable Intermediate Risk 3+4=7
There has been much discussion on this thread about how to approach favorable intermediate risk 3+4=7 PCa. Many on here have been adamant that active...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jun 15, 2025
Radical prostatectomy 9 days ago. Need help with the pathology PLEASE
Hello everyone, thank you for taking your precious time to help. I previously wrote about my partner and his information, trying to figure out what...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Oct 15, 2023
Alternate ADT drug shaking things up: Estrogen?
At my latest appointment with the oncologist who is managing my care during my 2 year ADT sentence, he said the prostate cancer specialists at...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jan 4 3:38pm
Biopsy Decision
I’m 59 and in good health. After a PSA spike from 3.1 to 4.8 ( since bounced around to 4.4) I had an MRI. Currently...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Nov 23, 2025
Knowledge Is Power
Don't believe me? Ask Google, they became quite powerful peddling knowledge. I see some recurring lines of questions and concerns on here, I thought putting...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jun 27, 2025
Overtreatment of Prostate Cancer
Urologists are trained to do invasive treatment, such as prostatectomy, for many levels and types of prostate cancer. There may be a tendency to overtreat...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jan 7, 2024
Hormone Levels after 90+ days Lupron
Background: @ age 62 Radical Prostatectomy May 2020. Post RP pathology report stated high risk, confirmed 4+3 Gleason, positive margins, Perineural invasion, as well as...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jan 15 4:00pm
Dazed and Confused
I met with my surgeon 8 days after prostatectomy for catheter removal. Discussed pathology report. Margins clear, seminal vesicles clear, lymph nodes clear. Gleason 7...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Sep 17, 2025
MRI fusion biopsy or nah?
Hi - I posted earlier about a spike in my PSA over one month from 4.7 to 10.7. I had an MRI done and they...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Oct 18, 2025
Zytiga and Lupron Shot
My 89-year-old father was on Orgovx but his PSA went up so they started him on 4 250mg per day along with a prednisone pill...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jul 15, 2025
ADT and Castrate Resistance
Diagnosed Nov 2021. Gleason 9, Decipher .99, stage 4a (spread to seminal vesticles and 1 of 12 lymph nodes tested). I had prostatectomy in January...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Sep 29, 2025
Biochemical Recurrence: Questions about PSMA PET scan & radiation
After robotic RP in April 2019 PSA pre op 7.5 Gleason (4+5) pT3a evidence of perineural invasion , clear margins no additional treatment after RP...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 26, 2022