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Ryan O'Neal On "The View"
I'm watching Ryan O'Neal on "The View" who's there to promote his new book about his life w/Farrah Fawcett. He just said that he has prostate cancer ("Stage 2" which is apparently still contained w/in the prostate) and is going to treat it with cryotherapy, which is seldom used to treat PCa. He said that his doctors claim…
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Cyberknife update
I am early stage, 3+3 2 positive cores out of 16 so do have some time to thoughly explore all the treatment options. I continue to be very impressed with the treatment plan for the Cyberknife compared to other radiation treatments and continue to be apprehensive about the Robotic surgery for the potential side effects. In…
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80 years old and still chuggin
Fourteen years ago I had diagnosis of prostate cancer. I got a series of radiation beam treatments and then on Lupron whenever the PSA spiked. I have beat it for 14 years. Now my Gleason is 8 active cancer. I will be dead but I will go fighting it. I plan on being 92 for my 75th wedding aniv. My sex life well, har de har…
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can someone explain dt
had surgery in 2010 , radiation 2011, after radiation psa was 0.003 . now as of 5/1 psa is 0.8 had gleason scores of 9 . what is considered dt.
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Rising PSA after RP
I lost a kidney 2 years ago to renal cell cancer. I had a radical prostatectomy on Jan 9, 2012' one month later PSA was 0.0. In two months it's gone up to .39. How concerned should I be. My doctor wants to do another PSA in 6 weeks. I'm having a pretty hard time mentally/emotionally as my fiancé decided to run on me 2…