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@chipe In a sense he is correct, since Decipher is useful BEFORE treatment and kind of...
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bike riding can irritate the prostrate gland. It is standard practice now to not bike ride...
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@vircet Excellent posts, bud…your analysis of the PSA vs T equation shows just how different it...
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Hi westernflyer, My Gleason score was 4+4, which in the newer categorization puts me in Grade...
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Burning and frequent urination beginning 5 months after having salvage
I completed external beam radiation therapy 4 years ago after being diagnosed with prostate cancer. My subsequent PSA's decreased dramatically for 2 years. They began...
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Stopping Eligard early
I have advanced, aggressive, Gleason 9, Grade 5, Stage 4 prostate cancer. I went through radiation treatments and have been on both Lupron and Eligard...
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Doublet Therapy Holiday - Option for Oligorecurrent Prostate Cancer?
My dad was originally diagnosed with Gleason 7 (4+3) prostate cancer in Dec. 2019. After a RP and IMRT over the course of the next...
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PSA of 4.1 when never previously higher than 1.0
My apologies for asking such a basic question in a community in which so many are courageously dealing with significant challenges. But I’m filled with...
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Prostate calcifications and relationship to prostate cancer diagnosis?
Fifteen years (2010) ago proton radiation at Loma Linda Children's Hospital as it was named then. As most know, proton radiation began with children having...
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How do you fire a doctor?
This is a serious question. Recently I drove 11 hours to Mayo, and I've decided to let them treat me from now on. (I was...
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Treatment Options & A Mayo 2nd Opinion Questions
Radical Prostatectomy in 1998 - Gleason 6 - 2000 PSA was rising slowly & prostate bed radiation was performed. PSA dropped to 0.1 and remained...
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Gleason score 3+4 plus perineural invasion
Last year I had a 3+3 biopsy in one core but that was in a random core. This year the MRI found a new target...
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What is the thought process for this?
I'm one year post-Orgovyx and 18 months post SBRT radiation. My testosterone is 220 and has been dropping instead of climbing with my doctor thinking...
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Early mortality risk disclosures
This is from the Ancan.org weekly advanced prostate cancer newsletter, written by Rick Davis. It discusses how having your PSA rise, early after treatment, can...
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