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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...
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...
One year PO and now it seems I'm Stage 4 :-(
Hi, It's been a while since I posted on here so here goes a quick review of my past and my latest issue. I had...
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...
Stage 4: What side effects to expect from Xtandi and radiation?
I am 72 years old, diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer:6/1/2026 PSA 13.410/1/2026 MRI revealed Locally invasive and metastatic PC PIRADS 53/2/2026 Gleason Score 4+3=726/2/2026 PSMA-PET...
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...
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...
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....
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...
My Pathology Post RALP - originally PSA 135
Hi everyone. I had my RALP on Monday April 20. The surgery proved very successful. I started my journey with a PSA of 135 and...
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...
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...
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...
Need advice on Post RALP Pathology Report that includes cribriform
First a bit of background prior to single port RALP surgery. I am 69 years old. January yearly physical PSA was 5.1 up from 2.5...
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...
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,...
Anyone treated by Dr. Darren Poon at HKSH Hong Kong?
I'm a 64-year-old American expat based in Malaysia with Gleason 3+4 (Grade Group 2), cribriform morphology, Decipher 0.87 (High Risk), and bilateral PSMA PET uptake....
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...
Salvage surgery or salvage radiation?
Hi, I am new to this group. I really need your inputs please. After 5 years of remission, my husband's prostate cancer is back. He...
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