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Proton therapy: Why there are different numbers of treatments?
My husband is considering proton beam radiation at the Jacksonville center. Do the number of treatments vary by location? Can anyone explain why there are...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 16, 2023
PSA at 3 months after radiation: Should it be lower?
PSA about 11.0 before Proton Beam radiation. Received 44 treatments. Now 3 months later PSA is 5.81. Should be lower?
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Apr 12, 2024
Small PSA Rise: What might be the cause?
I completed proton beam therapy October 30th 2023 for one core Gleason score 3+6 and I took my third PSA test last week having a...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Apr 30, 2024
Carbon Fidicial Marker, SPACEOAR Surgery & Proton Therapy
Can anyone share their experience with this procedure? How much discomfort did you experience? Also, would appreciate any insights to Proton Beam Therapy for treating...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Nov 13, 2022
PSA jumped from 2 to 2.4 after four years from treatment??
Does this jump in PSA from 2 to 2.4 a cause for alarm. Had 20 proton beam treatments nearly four years ago and it dropped...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jun 5, 2024
Which foods should be avoided during proton treatment
I will have the SpaceOAR placement on May 23, and two weeks later, I will begin 28 sessions of proton beam radiation therapy. Could you...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: May 28 2:22pm
Rising PSA's after treatment - an answer
First let me reintroduce myself. I'm one of the grade 10's. An aggressive 10 at that so I have to be on top of things...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jan 11, 2024
Protein intake and ADT
One of the side effects of ADT is muscle loss. I start ADT on May 13. Shortly after I will receive 44 fractions of proton...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Apr 28, 2024
Supplies recommendations post prostatectomy
I was recently diagnosed with mid grade prostate cancer (Gleason 4+3). I was given option of either Proton Beam+Hormone treatment or nerve sparing prostatectomy. I’m...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 13 11:38pm
Anyone beat Gleason 8 without surgery?
Biopsy came back with 12 of 12 positive for cancer, eight were Gleason 7 (4+3) and one was Gleason 8 (4+4). Six of the biopsies...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jun 11, 2023
Hydrogel (SpaceOAR) botched
I had fiducial markers and the spaceOAR inserted. Two weeks after this was done I noticed blood and pus in my stool and I never...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 25, 2024
Additional prostate cancer-related tests/scans
Another anniversary —> After spending almost 9 years on active surveillance, 4 years ago today (4/19/2021), I started 28 sessions of proton beam radiation (+...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Apr 20 8:24am
Help-what treatment plan has anyone selected for Perineural invasion?
Age 74, diagnosed December 2024 with Gleason 4+4=8. PSA 2.001 June 2024, PSA 2.28 4K Score September 2024. October 2024, Prostate MRI PIRADS 4 High...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: May 4 5:37pm
47 years old with newly diagnosed Gleason 7 (4+3)
I was recently diagnosed with a Gleason 7 (4+3) after my PSA jumped from the 4's for several years into the 6.4-6.6 range in the...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: May 23, 2023
PSA numbers after radiation with no ADT
I tried to get a thread started about people who had radiation without ADT but often the thread got jumbled with input from people who...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Apr 28 6:12am
Recently Diagnosed, Intermediate Prostate Cancer
Hello, New to this group, new to this subject. I was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer at age 63. Had a 12 core biopsy, five...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 17, 2023
What would be best course of treatment
My MRI: Large lowADC lesion throughout the right peripheral zone with extra prostatic extension and involvement of the right neurovascular bundle categorized as a PI-RADS...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: May 31 7:32am
How long do the side effects of Lupron/Eligard last?
This Monday I am getting my number 3 and last injection of 6 month duration Eligard/Lupron. This is after 39 Proton Beam sessions which began...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Apr 23 9:58pm
Patient movement during proton therapy more problematic than photon?
I am now 68 yrs old. My PSA level went beyond normal range in 2023 with a PSA of 4.3. Saw a urologist and had...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Aug 11, 2024
Urologist not wanting to see you if you seek different provider
I have excellent care at my provider. However when diagnosed with prostrate cancer they did not offer proton radiation therapy that my primary doctor said...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 22, 2023