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Hormone Levels after 90+ days Lupron
Background: @ age 62 Radical Prostatectomy May 2020. Post RP pathology report stated high risk, confirmed 4+3 Gleason, positive margins, Perineural invasion, as well as...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 16 3:28pm
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
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
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
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
PSA & MRI suspicious but biopsy benign
I am 66 & asymptomatic but PSA has been rising 2014-2,2, 2017-2.6, 2019-3.8, 2022–3.6, 2023-5.0 with 16% free. DRE negative & MRI revealed pirad 4...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Apr 10 12:16pm
Advice for further treatment
I’m sorry if I’m submitting this again. Internet interruption. So, I’ll try again. I would like your advice on further treatment. History Robotic assisted radical...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Aug 8 4:38pm
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
Lupron
I have been on Lupron since June, 2016. I have injections every six months over a two year period. This is followed by what my...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Sep 9 9:31am
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
Can you use Lupron to postpone PSMA?
I'm trying to predict what my urologist might suggest to me next week. If I understand it correctly, Lupron doesn't kill cancer, but it cuts...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Aug 3, 2024
Enzalutamide (Xtandi): Anyone have experience with this drug?
RP in 2004. Over the past few years PSA has been rising. On Lupron for the last 12+ months. Bone scan in Jan of 2022...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 12, 2024
When to consider PET scan imaging and how effective is it?
I was diagnosed with prostate cancer three years ago after having my first PSA test at 58 years old. My MRIs came out negative, and...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 27, 2024
4 Weeks on Orgovyx and PSA Undectable
My RARP was in early December 2024. Clean margins and prior PMSA/PET was negative , but I did have signs of PNI and EPE. First...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jun 1 7:10am
Your experience during & after Transrectal Prostate Biopsy (TRUS)
Hi, my husband is scheduled for a trans rectal prostate biopsy tomorrow. His PSA has been rising and his urologist recommended it. I’ve read horrible...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Nov 13, 2023
MRI Prostate Rating One to Five
Went through proton radiation therapy in 2010 (PSA: 6.47; Fleason 3+3; T1a) as slow-growing prostate cancer concentrated in a "lump" on the right node of...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Mar 15 6:43pm
PSA up at the 3 month point. Looking for guidance
Ok. So trying to get my brain wrapped around expectations for my Dr appt on Tuesday 12/17.I’d like to hear from people who had radiation...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 17, 2024
Biochemical Recurrence: Questions about PSMA PET scan & radiation
After robotic RP in April 2019 PSA pre op 7.5 Gleason (4+5) pT3a evidence of perineural invasion , clear margins no additional treatment after RP...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 26, 2022
Orgovyx Holiday
So, I just finished 12 months of Orgovyx and as of today, I begin a Holiday. Of course, how long that lasts depends on when...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jan 1 12:29pm
Will Orgovyx (relugolix) Reduce Prostate Cancer without Radiation?
I am 77 years old. I had my prostate removed over 3 years ago. After 2 years my PSA began to rise from < .01...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Aug 8, 2024