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Taking a lead from @dpfbanks , I think it is useful to see the core details in a person's profile. I've added the following to...
Continue hormone therapy? or not?
I had a radical prostectomy in March of this year, after a PET, a small amount of cancer was detected in the same area, Gleason...
Does Urolift correlate to Prostate Cancer?
Back in 2018 my urologist recommended I have the Urolift procedure to help with my slow urination. It was an utter failure in solving my...
When to start ADT treatment of 4+3 score?
Hi, due to scheduling delays I won't be able to start SBRT (cyberknife) for my Gleason 4+3 multi-focal PC until September. My PSA jumped in...
Surgeon Experience for Gleason 8
Despite doing yearly PSA tests for the last 24 years, DREs whenever recommended by my primary care doctor, and visits to urologists in centers of...
Stage 4 bone metastasis failed pluvicto MCRPC what options do I have?
59 years old and Diagnosed in January 2023 stage 4 Gleason 8 with extensive bone metastasis. No targeted markers in foundation report. One mutation tp53....
Ready to throw in the towel
I'm 60 and was diagnosed as Gleason 7, T2B. Was given Lupron, 5 sessions of SBRT and they want me to continue Lupron for a...
Seeing the radiologist next, 1 Lesion found in pelvis. Advice?
I am a healthy 67 year old man. Annual physical showed 9.7psa after prior was 4.6 and in watch mode. Surgery in Feb. Now this…Prostate...
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...
Questions I should have asked about prostate cancer, but did not
A cynical, slightly pissed-off handout for the newly diagnosed. Congratulations ! You’ve joined the club no one wants to be in. You’ve just heard the...
41-days of salvage RT - your experience with side effects?
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 now will need to decide on SBRT or Brachytherapy
My original post is here: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/received-the-news-on-halloween-i-have-prostate-cancer-need-advice/?pg=3 To do a quick summary: I was diagnosed with 2 cores of Gleason 6, 1 core of Gleason 3+4=7...
Post RT 6 years after RP with Rising PSA now at .28.
In 2018 I was diagnosed with PC with Gleason of 7 with no spread outside of prostate gland. Post RP PSA < .01. In 2024...
Overwhelming fear after undetectable to slightly detectable psa
My husband had a prostatectomy in June 2022. Gleason 3+4 (less than 5% 4) organ confined disease. His pre-op PSA was 7. Last week he...
PSA level 7 weeks post radical prostatectomy: Thoughts?
I had a NSRP on 1/27/25 at Mayo. My Pathology was a Gleason 9 Grade 5 with extraprostatic extension. AJCC classification T3a. Surgeon did not...
Why does PSMA Pet Scan show no evidence of mets? Missing something?
-PSA of 7.-MRI May/2025 PI-RADS 5, suspicious for extraprostatic tumor extension, suggesting neurovascular bundle involvement. No lymphadenopathy.-Biopsy June/2025 - Right posterior medial Gleason 3+4, grade...
Next Steps after chemo
Hello, I am 52. Diagnosed in March with prostate cancer 9 Mets to bones. Mainly on sacrum. One on skull. PSA 220. Gleasons 7s &9s....
Proton Beam Therapy - Comments on adding ADT? Yes or No?
So I am very early into my Proton Beam Therapy to treat my prostate cancer. My cancer was evaluated as "intermediate risk" -- with a...
Newby in PNW Favorable vs Unfavorable Intermediate
66 year old - healthy & active. PSA 5.03 (9/23) then 7.48 (9/24). MRI: T2 with extracapsular extension. Biopsy: Gleason 3+4/7, Cribriform aprox. 40% of...
Yes or No to Radiation
I'm getting contradictory recommendations. I'm starting on Degaralix 2 or 3 monthly injections. Then on to Lupron. Along with Degaralix I'll be taking Abiraterone and...
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