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Undecided Gleason Score 4+3=7 and PSA almost forty.
I know I should have reached out or posted a lot earlier. I’m scheduled to have a Radical prostatectomy in a day and still on...
ADT, Brachytherapy, IMRT...done!
Just thought I'd share. Started this journey in spring 2024. Gleason 4+3. Decipher 0.78. PSMA scan negative outside of the prostate lesion. PSA 13.4 when...
Advanced Prostate Cancer
I had prostatectomy in 2008. In October 2022, my PSA was 82.0. A second PSA test was 89.0. Then, I had a PSMA/PET Scan. This...
Treatment Options & A Mayo 2nd Opinion Questions
Radical Prostatectomy in 1998 - Gleason 6 - 2000 PSA was rising slowly & prostate bed radiation was performed. PSA dropped to 0.1 and remained...
Received the news on Halloween. I have prostate cancer. Need advice.
I previously had 2 benign biopsies in 2024. Urologist/Oncologist asked to follow up in a year. So on September 2025, I did PSA (5.4) and...
Are extreme PSA bounces after radiation due to cancer or inflammation?
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/extreme-psa-bounces-after-radiation-cancer-or-inflammatio/
I have posted once previously about post radiation ( Proton ) bounces. I started treatment about 1 year ago. PSA went in 3 month increments...
Experiences with Mayo Proton, the Hitachi IMPT system, side effects?
For 2.5 years I was fine on AS with a 3+3 lesion, this year issues have surfaced. Just some of my basic info, I have...
Who prescribes ADT?
I’m working with Cleveland clinic and went to Mayo Jax last week to start the 2nd opinion process. I’m working on getting all my scans...
PSE Test for Prostate Cancer Before an MRI and for Re-Occurrence
I had a discussion with a SVP at Oxford Biodynamics last night about the accuracy of their PSE test for both potentially new prostate cancer...
BCR after 5 years Prostatectomy now questions about SRT
This forum has been very helpful. I just discovered I have BCR after 5 years no levels of PSA tests. Had the Prostatectomy with little...
Pressured by oncologist
Recently diagnosed: 3+4/7. Suspicious for intraductal, perineural invasion, cribriform decipher .52. Age 66 - healthy & active. Urologist referred me to local cancer treatment facility....
Newly diagnosed. Conflicting treatment options.
I was newly diagnosed with Stage IV prostate cancer January 27 at age 65. Was never told by my doctor before that I should have...
Prostate Cancer: Which Treatment to Choose?
I'm 84 years old. Recently diagnosed with Prostate Cancer as a result of psa rising to 7.06 since January. PSMA shows metastasized to lymph nodes...
Bone marrow metastasis from prostate cancer
My 62 years old otherwise healthy father was diagnosed with prostate less than two months ago. Because he's very healthy, exercise daily. His doctor never...
Why do some only need 5 proton beam sessions and others more?
I am 74 years old. In February of this year, a biopsy revealed two 4mm and one 1mm adenocarcinoma in one side of my prostate,...
The waiting is terrible: Husband has Stage 4 prostate cancer
My husband just got diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer.This is how it started.... He's 55 and in good shape/ works out and eats right...
BCR Prostate cancer. Need Opinions
Hi thanks for reading. Here is my story: Grade 1 Gleason 6. PC doubling time 67 months. 2003 Radical Proctectomy. For over 10 years my...
What's your experience with Orgovyx (relugolix)?
Mods, if you think this redundant, please move or remove. I thought it might be helpful to have an orgovyx thread similar to the lupron...
Final Diagnosis after Radical Prostatectomy- Looking for suggestions
Friends I elected to have a RP on 1/27/25. My Gleason score pre-op was 8. My PSMA Scan was clear. I just received my results...
Gleason 9 SO wants me to stop ADT @6 Mos for look see
My SO wants to stop ADT after 6 months and wait 2 months then test to see if PSA rises? Does this make sense? Just...
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