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Active Surveillance As A Choice?
This is very good news. Most men with localised prostate cancer are likely to live for a long time, whether or not they receive invasive...
Active Surveillance video
Somebody posted the video about active surveillance being over treated. I’m wondering if somebody could post that link back here. I want to send it...
My Active Surveillance Journey
This will be a new experience for me on this 13+ year prostate cancer journey —> Tonight (July 30th) at 7:00 (ET), I’ll be presenting...
active surveillance no longer recommended?
I"m not a Mayo patient. I'm 62 and was just diagnosed with prostate cancer, PSA 4.7, Gleason 3+3. I have no symptoms and am otherwise...
Active Surveillance vs Treatment Now
I'm 55 and my PSA in 2020 was 3.8, 2021 was 3.3, and 2022 jumped to 4.5. Got a biopsy and on this past Thursday...
Active Surveillance of Grade Group 1
I am so grateful for this group. The wealth of information and personal experiences prepared me in many ways for running the gauntlet of screening/diagnostic...
PSA Doubling Time Under Active Surveillance
Dear Group Members, I was diagnosed as a case of BPH in 2011. With a rising PSA from 2011 to 2017 (app 5.5 to 8)...
Questions about Active Surveillance as a treatment option
My HoLEP Biopsy 3+4,Decipher .017nothing found in PSAM/MRI of prostate and also Pelvic region-How to deal with the 3+4? AC or surgery? Any suggestions
Do I Continue Active Surveillance or Consider Intervention?
Age: 76 Male, Diet: Life Long Plant Based Lacto Vegetarian, no tobacco, no drug and no alcohol use. History: Prostate cancer detection- No bothersome urinary...
Where to draw the line between active surveillance, removal, radiation
Where do you draw the line between active surveillance and removal or radiation? Gleason 3+3, 4 cores positive out of 12 in biopsy. No more...
Did you choose active surveillance? Why was it a good choice?
Biopsy showed 3 + 4 MRI showed pirad 2 bone scan CAT scan no metastasism nothing found. psma pet scan radiologists said nothing found. but...
Active Surveillance proves better for low-risk prostate cancer
Some casual reading. Best wishes to everyone.Monitoring proves better than active treatment for low-risk prostate cancer https://scienceblog.com/523988/monitoring-proves-better-than-active-treatment-for-low-risk-prostate-cancer/
Active Surveillance vs Radiation for Unfavorable Intermediate R. Grp.
I am 74 yr old, in relatively good health & weight, except I also deal with RA. and have recently been given a diagnosis of...
Choosing Active Surveillance over any further treatment at this time
This is a new comment , not related to the last post I'm not sure how to start a new thread but this is my...
Is anyone with Gleason 4+3=7 trying active surveillance?
I am 72, recently diagnosed with with two localized tumors, one at the right apex, another at the right base. I have a girlfriend and...
MRI-Based Active Surveillance Shows Promise in GS ≤ 3 + 4 PCa
The attached article, just published in European Urology, seems to firmly place Gleason 3/4 PCa in the category for AS consideration. I present it for...
Good PSA/MRI active surveillance results still require fusion biopsy?
Hi all -newbie here. Will be age 67 March 2025. History:03/2023: PSA from 3.1 to 9.04/2023 MRI: 1.9cm PI-RADS 5 lesion and 0.6cm PI-RADS 4...
The Gray Area of Favorable Intermediate Risk 3+4=7
There has been much discussion on this thread about how to approach favorable intermediate risk 3+4=7 PCa. Many on here have been adamant that active...
Anyone get the Decipher test: RNA Tumor RNA Expression Analysis?
Anyone get the Decipher genomic test, and specifcally, the "RNA Tumor RNA Expression Analysis?" How are your docs using that info for determing treatment? I'm...
Experience with Saw Palmetto?
The doctor of one of my prostate cancer friends (with an enlarged prostate undergoing active surveillance) recommended Saw Palmetto. Looks like it could have some...
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