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PSMA scan
I had a RP 1 year ago. Margins were clean. My PSA has been tested every 3 months. I have gone from .012-.026-.049 to .070....
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jun 20 5:29pm
Negative findings on PSMA scan
Had prostatectomy in 2006 . Because my PSA was 5.53. Gleason 3+4=7. Had 39 radiation treatments to my prostate bed in 2013 for recurrence. Now...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Feb 29 9:41am
BCR finding in PSMA test
Hi Everyone, I went for PSMA test and got my result. Could you please help me to understand? CLINICAL HISTORY: 53-year-old male post radical prostatectomy...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jun 11, 2023
PSMA negative, Biopsy positive
My husband (71) has a Gleason 8, PSA 8 (4+4). His recent MRI-guided biopsy revealed 9/18 positive cores, four of those 4+4. PSMA showed no...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Sep 17, 2023
Are all PSMA tests the same?
This may be a silly question, but I'm asking it anyway. I have a vague notion that cancer treatments at top-notch hospitals may be better...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Aug 25 9:46am
Lutetium-177-PSMA-617
Has anyone had experience with this treatment?
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jul 16, 2022
PSMA PET-CT results
For metastatic PCa, when comparing the latest PSMA results to a previous scan, how does one determine how well the treatment is working. Is it...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Aug 7 10:51am
Is a PSMA PET SCAN the next step
Prostate MRI conclusion: large mass with extracapsular extension and seminal vesicle invasion. T3bNO (PI-RADS 5/5). Transrectal ultrasound biopsy: Gleason 7 (4-3). Moderately aggressive cancer. Doctor...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Aug 16 10:41am
Got the OKAY for my PSMA PET SCAN
WOW great day today (8/16/25) BCBS Advantage plan called me and approved the PSMA PET SCAN…. YEA!!!! After 7 weeks of telephone calls, 38 calls...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Aug 18 11:17pm
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 12:15pm
PSMA scan at Mayo Rochester - GA68 or Pylarify
My husband is scheduled to have PSMA PET scan at Mayo Rochester as part of his clinic appointment. I wanted to know if the PSMA...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: May 25 7:27pm
Has anyone had the PSMA-PET scan? Was cancer found?
My prostate was removed 5 years ago. Two months ago, my PSA went from 0.00 to 0.09, and this month the PSA increased to 0.2....
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Feb 4, 2023
Outside of PSMA scans what tests are important to new patients?
If you were to be newly diagnosed and looking for info about what kinds of things might you search for, what would be your go-to...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Aug 5 10:16am
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
Pirads 3, going for PSMA PET scan instead of biopsy
I recently had a prostate 3T Multiparametric MRI at Mayo Clinic, the result is Pyrads 3. After looking at several videos on the Prostate Cancer...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: May 18 7:14pm
PSMA PET with undetectable PSA, how to confirm right imaging order?
Hi! New to the forum and a fellow cancer survivor (so far!). I had an Xray taken recently (for kidney stone monitoring--the least of my...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jan 10 3:14pm
Has anyone gotten or heard of the new treatment LU-PSMA-617?
Has anyone gotten or heard of the new treatment LU-PSMA-617? When will this be readily be available? What is the long term outcome ? Thank...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Feb 16, 2023
Breaking News: Kit for PSMA PET imaging agent gains FDA approval
The Prostate Cancer Foundation is reporting that the highly sensitive prostate cancer diagnosis scan called PSMA PET imaging will become more widely available in the...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Dec 20, 2021
PSMA PET scan found cancer in rib and #3 vertebrae. Any experience?
I recently had my 2nd BCR after 11 years post Prostatectomy from Gleason 9 in 2013 when I was 53. Had 1st BCR Nov 21,...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Jul 1 11:24am
PET/PSMA / Decipher test results back (0.69). Radiation/hormone now.
Well. Was diagnosed with PC back in Oct of last year (53 year old). My numbers are/were Gleason 7, Stage 2, PSA 8.8, so intermediate...
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Last active: Sep 13 11:01am