Prostate Cancer Support Group

Finally rang the bell yesterday! I tried uploading this directly as a post, but apparently it is too long for that, so I put it...

Today I finished #20 of 38 IMRT sessions for a local recurrence of PCa. I thought it might be worth sharing what I’ve experienced so...

The Prostox test evaluates whether or not you will have side effects from having different types of radiation. PROSTOX works not just for first time...

After experiencing biochemical recurrence after robotic prostatectomy (4 years ago) current PSA 0.25 my social health care was scheduling me for 25 sessions RT with...

Quest and Labcorp use different instrumentation/standards for PSA testing. A 2005 web article by Dr. William J. Catalona has stated that these different instrumentation/standards can...

Hello All: I am a 79 year old male. Gleason score was 9, prostate removed and I was two years with a of PSA <...

PSA post radiation? The correct use of PSA is as a tracking / monitoring tool. Now, my docs put me on Lupron two months before...

My husband has high grade bladder cancer in a diverticulum and also prostate cancer with Gleason score of 4+3 plus. TURBT surgery 3/14/23. Urologist has...

I am specifically interested in replies from those who were (a) younger than 70 when they had their SBRT 5-fraction/high dose before 2018, and (b)...

I finished SBRT treatment on April 18th, 2024. I had an MRI performed on April 8th, 2025. I had 2 lesions prior to SBRT(1/25/2024): Left...

My history: Brother prostate cancer at 58 metastatic regional still alive now at 69 after removal and hormone therapy. Now has recurrence after going off...

I underwent salvage RT last year (38 sessions of IMRT, Sept-Nov). My usPSA going into RT was 0.094 but I had a palpable nodule in...

Perhaps you read my story, perhaps not. Gleason 8, spread to bladder neck 55 years old. Prostatectomy with bladder lesion cut out. Recurrence after a...

At six-months post-RP, and despite having two consecutive post-op PSA test values of < 0.1 ng/ml, my status as a pT3b has seen my urologist...

In 2014, husband had prostectomy at age 63. Gleason was 7. Followup PSA tests undetectable until May 2023 at .13. Referred to Radiology Oncologist and...

Hello, First time post, but second go ‘round with prostate cancer. Let me start with my request to the group, then I’ll summarize my history.I...

I was G7 (4+3) and treated two years ago with five sessions of SBRT, two months of doublet therapy and then four months of Orgovyx...

I'm 57 years old and had a Robotic Radical Prostatectomy on 12/1/2022. Since then I've been diligent in my post operation blood work and PSA...

Late 2022 I was diagnosed with PC (Gleason score 3+4=7), and elected to have surgery. Cancer was confined to one quadrant of the gland, nothing...

I discussed my PET-Scan results with my Urologist (PA) yesterday. She said no measurable prostate cancer recurrence was found! The Report: No findings to suggest...