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Alternative to prostate removal surgery
So, my PSA is 8.5 but I am on finasteride and Tamsulosin which I'm told doubles the true PSA level. I'm looking for an alternative...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 19, 2024
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...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Apr 21 9:13pm
Is a PSMA-PET scan of value if you have already started ADT treatment?
An acquaintance had a RP in mid July and while the pathology report had some positives his Gleason score increased from a 7 to an...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Oct 10, 2024
Another Prostate Cancer Anniversary
Another anniversary today —> 13 years ago today (4/27/2012), I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Having first heard about PSA testing when I was 40y...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: 2 days ago
Xtandi and Lupron: Possible drug interaction with spironolactone?
I have been recently diagnosed with prostate cancer with Mets (lymph nodes) and am being treated with Lupron Depot and Xtandi. Due to a rise...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Feb 28, 2023
Stage 4 with distant lymph node involvement
I had an RP in January 2023. CAT scans and bone scans prior to surgery showed no spread. Post surgery biopsies showed that lymph nodes...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 19, 2023
Additional radiation treatment for 2nd recurrence
My PSA was 5.53 and my Gleason score was 3+4 =7. I had a robotic prostatectomy in 2006. Went undetectable until 2013. I then Had...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Feb 6, 2024
Prostate cancer treated with Leuprolide
I had 43 days of prostate cancer radiation about 5-6 years ago. My PSA becgan to rise in summer of 2014. Suddenly it went from...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 1, 2022
How do you fire a doctor?
This is a serious question. Recently I drove 11 hours to Mayo, and I've decided to let them treat me from now on. (I was...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Apr 14 8:56pm
Experience with Zometa infusion?
My husband just had a 3rd (monthly) infusion of Zometa. I understand it takes full effect after 4 infusions, and the doc is talking about...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Apr 4 5:03pm
Testosterone levels are rising after cessation of ADT
I am being treated for high risk prostate cancer . Completed radiation ,ADT AND Casadex for 2 years. I have NOT taken ADT or Casadex...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Aug 1, 2024
Choline C11 PET scan: Anyone had it? Is it useful?
Hi, I had a prostatectomy 2006, and salvage radiation 2015, now the PSA is rising again (2023, I'm 74) I've been reading about the Choline...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jul 5, 2023
Update on my PSA levels and if I have PC or just BPH
Yesterday I had my 6 month checkup after my negative biopsy for PC. My PSA is 12 and has doubled in 6 months. The urologist...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Oct 10, 2024
Considering stopping Eligard after first injection and radiation.
My special friend is considering stopping ADT after the first injection (6 months) and radiation treatment. Has anyone made this decision, and what are the...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Apr 14, 2024
Gleason score 3+4 plus perineural invasion
Last year I had a 3+3 biopsy in one core but that was in a random core. This year the MRI found a new target...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Apr 21 9:41pm
Alarming rise in Prostate Cancer as testing declines
Cases of advanced prostate cancer have increased among American men ages 50 and older, while cases of early-stage disease have declined, a study published Wednesday...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: May 27, 2020
Radiation vs RARP for IDC prostate cancer with high Decipher?
70 years old, fit. PSA is 5 and slowly rising. Gleason 3+4. PIRADS 4. Localized. Clean PET. BUT, Biospy showed 6 positive cores - extensive...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Apr 7 8:26am
PSA Spike after Triplet Therapy - Anxious
Good afternoon everyone, I just got a call from the oncologist on my dad's recent PSA test and was shocked. It went up from 0.16...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 17 10:50pm
Unusual Treatment Plan?
I was diagnosed in August of 2021 at the age of 59. I had a PSA of 23 and my Gleason was 8 (4+4). PET/PSMA...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jun 22, 2023
Anyone completed Pluvicto treatment? How are you doing?
I’ve going to have my 4th treatment on April 24 psa still rising they said after 3 treatments it should level off or start falling...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Apr 9, 2024