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Undecided
I have a Gleason 6 diagnosis with 7 positive cores, I’ll like to know from this forum if I can safely participate in active surveillance or undergo da Vinci surgery? I am really concerned about the possible side effects of surger.
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Big increase in PSA
About a year ago, during my annual physical, my PSA went from 3.5 to 4.7. I consulted a urologist and had an MRI done which showed no signs of cancer. Then had a biopsy which resulted in Gleason score of 6. The doctor told me only one core sample had cancer, and the amount was very very small. We decided to do active…
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Metastasized Prostate Cancer
My husband had prostatectomy surgery with 2 lymph nodes removed in October 2018. The margins and frozen sections were clear and subsequent PSA tests are undetectable. He recently went for routine eye exam and a lesion was noticed in eye, but he had no symptoms of any kind. After MRI of brain, there were numerous areas of…
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Transitioning from alternative medicine to hormone therapy - advice, experience?
Hello-- I've been pursuing alternative treatment with naturopaths for more than two years with little success and am likely switching to conventional hormone therapy. DETAILS: PSA was 5 in 2014, not too concerned as the guy who invented the PSA test now recommends it not be used at all. Focused on other health issues,…
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Mri and pancreas lesion hmmm
Make it brief ..already went for radiation treatment fir PC which I regret ...anyway ...over a year later I find out that the MRI I had on 2/6/2018 showed a 5 mm lesion on my pancreas .still upset the dr didn’t tell me anything about this while I was deciding on treatment ..I just had a second mri done last week ..seeing a…
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My PSA Is 18.67, Deciding Treatment
thursday, i went to meet with my radio onc. he told me that i was his most knowledgeable patient in the area of PCa he's had in a long time. i attribute that to all of you who've been a huge help to me. so, anyhow, i went to discuss radiation therapy in more detail, esp. after i told him john epstein downgraded my PSA to…
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My Happy Story
My name is Guy. 59 years old and I am 6 treatments away from finishing my 20 Radiation Visits. My first visit was strange. One of the three machines was not working and their were a few people not so happy. This was a little bit much for me. One hour delay, full waiting room and a cart that had very little to offer. My…
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Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer, Gleason 6
Hi- After getting two successive high PSA results within a short time (a 4.7 and then a 5.5 about 3 months later), I had a prostate biopsy done and received a Gleason 6 score with six of the fourteen cores showing positive. I'm 59 years old. In googling information for 'Gleason 6' on-line, I see that there is a bit of…
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Enlarged Prostate after brachytherapy
I had brachytherapy 7 years ago, psa results every 6 months showing .001 score, excellent. Recently I had urinary problems and had a cystocopy done in which the urologist removed a stricture going into my bladder and all is good now. He advised me that my prostrate was enlarged and put my on Proscar to help shrink it. I…
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Prostate Cancer - Looking for people who have had the Da Vinci Surgery with Dr. Vipul Patel
Good day. After a PSA investigations, I have discovered that I have prostate cancer. I have made the following investigations: - Fusion Biopsy in Milan, the result was 7 (positive) - A PET Colina Test which could not reveal the areas of the disease, only a bit in the adenopathy area of the pelvis. I am 52 years old and I…
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My Laparoscopic removal story
Don't fret about getting it removed. Just do it. In and out of KU Med in 23 hours. Dr. William Parker. Margins clear. Only compaint was that dam catheter I had to run for 10 days. November 2014 - 1.81 November 2915 - 2.32 November 2016 - 2.95 November 2017 - 3.23 December 2017 - 4.11 January 2018 - 3.99 Surgery Feburary…
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Prostate cancer SRT+ADT combo for how long post biochemical recurrence after RP
There is a previous thread that begins this journey. For full backstory please see the following: https://csn.cancer.org/node/303384? Current status: Diagnosed Pca in 2016, PSA 23, Gleason 5+3=8, no metastasis to lymph node and bones. Neoadjuvant ADT for 1.5 months then underwent Radical Prostatectomy: "Pathology: 4+4=8,…
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Overwhelmed and feeling like I am missing something
My husband is 63 and was diagnosed with PC in March with a PSA of 408.3 and Gleason 9. It has metastasized to lymph nodes & bones. A colonoscopy is needed because a mass was found during the prostate exam & is scheduled later this month and an appointment with MD Anderson for a second opinion will be after that…
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bacterial correlation and connection, "marker"?
I came across this potential bacterial "marker" with other biological aspects, so I'm noting the papers. B193 Propionibacterium acnes infection of the prostate gland as a risk-factor and biomarker of prostate cancer. Andrew McDowell…
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Correlations
There seems to be a correlation that should be brought to everyone's attention... though it may be nothing or something. And that is the length lost versus the size of the prostate. In my case, people seem a bit incredulous when I insist I lost two inches off my business length when the prostate was removed during Da Vinci…
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I'm still alive ,, with stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer
Dx'd Jan 2017 !! did a round of docetaxtal ,, PSA from 550 to 76 --- PSA now at 17.6 after a year of zitiga !! I have many good days ,, all i have to say after a couple of years with the bandit is keep on truckin..
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Prostate cancer treatment trial uses gold nanoparticles
Interesting clinical trial taking place. https://www.tmc.edu/news/2019/04/prostate-cancer-treatment-trial-uses-gold-nanoparticles/