Prostate Cancer Support Group

My oncologist has suggested two tpyes of treatment for my gleason 9 localized cancer. One being Brachytherapy the other high dose radiation. Looking through the...

Cancer is isolated in prostate termed aggressive. My question is why would my Doc. choose external beam and not Brachytherapy?

Can anyone comment on what I can expect the day of LDR Prostate Brachytherapy? Also the recovery process the following week or two?

My 55 year old husband has Gleason 7 (4+3) posterior peripheral T2a prostate carcinoma with PSA 5.2. 1 ml more or less volume tumour. PSMA...

I heard that Permanent prostate brachytherapy is very effective in treating prostate cancer but I have no idea how it is done. Are there people...

Has anyone after having brachytherapy, ADT, Casodex and abiraterone tried a cannabinoid with any success?

Diagnosed with prostate cancer with Gleason score 3+4, PSA of 12, and a single lesion approximately 4-5 mm in size, confined to the prostate. Initially...

I had my first double dose of firmagon beginning January . I am scheduled for HDR brachytherapy on Feb 25, followed with a dessert of...

New to the forum. So I am planning to start treatment in the next month or 2. Most likely radiation. LDRT brachytherapy or SBRT. Anyone...

My PSA levels, after two Firmagon injections, have dropped from a rather enthusiastic 26.8 to a still-polite-but-not-quite-polite-enough 6.7. Is this a cause for celebration? Perhaps—if...

I have inquired here before about RARP there. But there is now a non-zero probability that I might not be cleared for surgery. In that...

Dr ordered a CT scan prior to Brachytherapy and IGMRT radiation. My partner has been on ADT meds for 3 months. Wanted to know how...

I am weighing my options of radical prostatectomy vs external beam radiation and Brachytherapy/Seed Implantation. I have T2A tumor with six out of 12 cores...

Hi all. I’m hoping to hear from fellow PCa patients who endured a low fiber diet and can share ideas of what they ate while...

I may have posted this before, but today my anxiety level is rising, and I have no idea how to decide. My two doctors (urologist...

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...

Earlier this week I had a SpaceOAR injection in preparation for LDR brachytherapy in early October. The plan is then to wait 4 or 5...

Hi all. I had LDR brachytherapy 10 weeks ago.Some days I feel good and start to think I'm coming out of the worst of it...

My husband is two weeks out of his radiation treatment had his first blood test after his Brachytherapy and IG-IMRT 25 sessions. The PSA is...

I had both external beam brachytherapy for prostate cancer twenty years ago and am cancer free. I take Eliquis for congestive heart failure and for...