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I had my MRI and biopsy at Mayo Az. I was totally out for the biopsy....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1024421/

Discussion: I am 83 years old with a PSA of 6.5. Will have a prostate biopsy soon.

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 28, 2024

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I had proton beam therapy. While there were some side effects during treatment, they were transitory...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/957637/

Discussion: Second guessing or being sure.

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Nov 2, 2023

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Hi @fairway5, welcome to Connect. You're so right that choosing between robotic surgery and proton beam...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/110114/

Discussion: Prostate cancer treatment choices

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 11, 2019

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@rlpostrp thank you for your comment. I did some homework on the Proton Beam therapy but...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1501647/

Discussion: Puzzling about PSA rise 7 years after prostatectomy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 9 11:03am

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Here's a map that has the locations of hospitals that have Proton Beam treatment. Don't know...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/768180/

Discussion: Anyone had the 5 treatment proton therapy for prostate cancer?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Nov 1, 2022

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@jc76 So you had Proton beam therapy prior to, or instead of, radical prostatectomy? You mention...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1494942/

Discussion: Proton Therapy: any long term side effects? Any regrets?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 31 11:52am

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Hi @dmd1atl, yes, Mayo Clinic offers both PSMA-PET scans and proton radiation. Gallium Ga 68 PSMA-11...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/971455/

Discussion: Does Mayo do PSMA pet scans, and offer proton beam radiation?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Nov 27, 2023

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Proton Beam is also now offered at 5 sessions. My understanding is that there are studies...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/870252/

Discussion: Final decision on treatment: Viewray or Truebeam?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jun 1, 2023

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@jeffmarc And likewise, the long-term benefits of proton over (considerably less expensive) photon-beam radiation for overall...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1486367/

Discussion: PC treatment: Prostatectomy or Proton Beam Therapy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 19 9:46am

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I keep seeing this same question. While others may have been told different things by their...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1486011/

Discussion: Post prostatectomy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 18 7:28pm

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Anybody get treated in Portland, Oregon?

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/anybody-get-treated-in-portland-oregon/

I live in Portland, Oregon. I have a urologist I really like, and in keeping with Dr. Scholz's YouTube videos, I'm leaning toward radiation rather...

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Last active: Feb 28, 2025

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The end of my Chernobyl Spa Days

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/the-end-of-my-chernobyl-spa-days/

Yesterday marked the end of my EBRT pilgrimage. Twenty-one precision-guided rituals at the Chernobyl Spa, where modernity’s most sophisticated death rays are deployed with bureaucratic...

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Last active: Apr 12, 2025

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