Prostate Cancer Support Group

If metformin can sensibly reduce some of the metabolic side effects of androgen deprivation therapy, should we be quietly grateful that a diabetes drug is...

Like many of you, I am weighing my options regarding surgery vs radiation. 61yo, healthy and active guy. PSA 5.5, MRI negative for any spread...

I’m 4+ 3 Gleason in one core. But recent mri shows tumor growth. New biopsy coming. They want to add ADY and I’m scared to...

I’m working with Cleveland clinic and went to Mayo Jax last week to start the 2nd opinion process. I’m working on getting all my scans...

Phil, It’s a curious thing, really — this blind devotion to testosterone as the prime mover in prostate cancer’s twisted little drama. One might imagine...

Just thought I'd share. Started this journey in spring 2024. Gleason 4+3. Decipher 0.78. PSMA scan negative outside of the prostate lesion. PSA 13.4 when...

It’s not often that I get a chance to be on the forum anymore, but I thought my experience might be worthwhile to fellow prostate...

My husband was diagnosed with aggressive and advanced prostate cancer in spring 2022. Started Orgovyx in July 2022, and did 25 radiation treatments. At appointment...

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...

My husband's been on ADT, elegard injections for over a year and has not gained any weight. He's 5'11" and weighs 153. (His treatment was...

I found a recent study that challenges the established ADT dogma. I found that the study suggests that androgen levels might have a more nuanced...

Has anyone had ADT cause kidney problems ? I have been on ADT for 3 1/2 months. Recent blood tests show an elevated level of...

I have a friend, age 65, who underwent RP two weeks after I did in April last year. Unlike me, he began a course of...

Apologies for perhaps asking a redundant question. There are some recent studies that claim that a dose of ADT, when selecting EBRT and a Brachytherapy...

My husband Jeff was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. He is 62 yo and mostly in good health- walks, runs, bikes, pickleball, lifts weights. He...

After RARP April 2019, pT3a pNO cNO VO LO Pn1 RO Gleason 4+5 =9

I’m seeking guidance on how best to proceed if PSA levels remain elevated following HDR brachytherapy and EBRT, after six months of Firmagon treatment. In...

My husband has been advised to have open heart surgery, for valve replacement and aortic root aneurysm graft. It is recommended to be done within...

Over 2 months in on Lupron and have found exercise seems to be the secret sauce that makes me feel normal. I have mountain biked...

Which ADT medication is best? My medical oncologist first suggested six months of Lupron, but she was fine with Orgovyx when I mentioned that prostate...