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Prostate Cancer

Archives for July 2016

New to Forum
Hello, My partner has just been diagnosed with Prostate Cancer. No DRE was done but his PSA quadrupled in a year ( now 41) and we have just received the results of the bioposy. I am just getting on board to try and understand the information. He had 12 samples , 5 came back positive with "perineural invasion." One came…
hematuria after IMRT, blood in urine
Had IMRT external beam radiation 5 years ago and no problems until now. Went to the VA ER yesterday after a bad bout with blood in my urine after exercise. They did a CT scan, blood and urine workup and found everything normal and referred me to the urology dept. They will see me next week I hope. I've been reading about…
Laparoscopic or open surgery? - G8 (5+3)
I apologise for opening a new thread, and if it's against the rules feel free to merge with the old; but I feel the concerns in the other have been kindly and thoroughly addressed and the most recent dilemma now requires a more direct discussion. Previous thread: http://csn.cancer.org/node/303384#comment-1545753 Summary…
68 Ga PSMA Scan Results are in
Had the PSMA scan on 7/25/16- at UCSF - back to Florida last night - received results today - Head and neck - No foci of receptor positive metastatic disease. Chest - No foci of receptor positive metastatic disease. Abdomen/pelvis - Postsurgical changes of prostatectomy, with faint uptake in the region of the prostate bed.…
Lupron definition on WebMD?
I just looked at the definition of Lupron on WebMD and they state that Lupron is used to treat the "symptoms" of prostate cancer but does not treat the cancer itself. It is my understanding that the Lupron reduces the testosterone (food) that Pca feeds upon, thereby "starving" the cancer and the cancer cells either die or…
Metastatic prostate cancer cases rising, study finds
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/07/18/metastatic-prostate-cancer-cases-rising-study-finds.html
Lu-177-PSMA injection in Germany
From what I understand the cost is about $4,000 per injection, in Germany. There has been a trail in the US - not longer open. http://www.impactjournals.com/oncotarget/index.php?journal=oncotarget&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=7245&path%5B%5D=20694
New diagnosis - I am 52
I am 52 and just found out on June 23rd that I have prostate cancer. stage T2a PSA = 6.4 Gleason 3+4=7 13 of 14 biopsy samples were positive, one benign, one 3+3 one 4+3 and the rest 3+4, sample percentages were all 60% or higher. I have Kaiser and have met with my primary urologist, a radiation oncologist and a surgeon.…
Congratulations to Vasco (OT)
Against all predictions, and Ronaldo getting injured early on, Portugal won the Eurocup SOCCER today. There's hope for all of us as well!
Confused
At the end of May, I had a 12-core biopsy and 1 core was diagnosed as prostatic adenocarcinoma with a Gleason 7 (3+4), less than 5% of the tissue. An adjacent core was high-grade PIN and was suspicious for cancer. I sent the slides to Dr. Epstein and he said: "Although these findings are highly atypical and suspicious for…
Test results in for father
My dad received the results of his Bone Scan and CT. Both of which should NED. We are curious about the rising PSA levels and wonder of they could have been elevated for a different reason than recurrence of cancer. I was also able to find out a little more about the original path reports. PSA prior to surgery was 18.…
Scans and Imaging - how do doctors handle possibility of false negatives or false positives ?
I realize this might be obvious to some but its just not clear to me; I have not gone thru this yet but need to very soon. I am asking at a very high level - my questions are about how oncologists or other doctors handle the possibility of false positive or false negative results of an image scan (and perhaps how they make…
Should I worry?
Within a month I will be a 14 year survivor of RCC and 73 years young. As such I see a Uro every year for a checkup, kidney Ultrasound and Uro handshake. For about 3 years I have had BPH and on medication for it, but on exam a few weeks ago he says currently not enlarged. Brother had PC in his 50's and dad at about my age…

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