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Prostate Cancer

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Prostate Cancer
Hi, My husband just was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer. We are looking into all kinds of avenues for treatment. His doctor has suggested radiation or surgery. Reading up on it, I am not crazy about either. I was wondering if anyone has been treated with the Laser Ablation such as the one by Sperling Prostate Cancer in Del…
Radiation PSA bounce or NOT
So I finished the depocle combo radiation treatment almost 1 year ago . 25 Ebrt which tore me to pieces and 1 hi dose brachytherapy.still on flomax 2 Times a day ...bowels are a mess .oh yeah had bloody hemmeroids for 5 days and I mean bloody ..gues I need to worry about rectal cancer now as well ...haven’t seen my RO for…
Newly Diagnosed
Just found this website, and the wealth of info contained, in the past week. In March my family Dr. referred me to a local urology group after my annual bloodwork returned a PSA of 4.79. It had remained steady at 2.5 for several years. Three years ago it rose to 3.45 then 3.85 the following year. For whatever reason the…
Is this an effective treatment?
I recently saw this alternative treatment for prostate cancer (I'm diagnosed with Gleason 6, multiple positive cores), I am considering the treatment because it has no side effects as surgery and radiation. Does anyone know if this is a reliable and effective treatment for prostate cancer? Here is the information below:…
Community Member Spotlight
Hey, I made the Community Member Spotlight for the Cancer Survivors Network. Not exactly the spotlight you want to make, but makes a good out of a bad. Kind of neat. As with all of us, hope our stories help each other. Anyway, my granddaughter thought that was interresting. Later.
Inguinal Hernia Post RARP
Well, may want to add one more to the long list of side effects of a RARP. Background Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) has now become a gold standard approach in radical prostatectomy. The aim of this study was to investigate incidence and risk factors of inguinal hernia (IH) after RARP. Methods This study…
BPH and Prostate Volume
So I like the idea of brachytherapy as a treatment option and had decided I would start treatment this coming fall but my urologist says I have a large prostate by volume and it would have to be shrunk with hormone treatment. This is based on DRE's and an MRI so it is indeed larger than it should be. I have decided against…
Sex and PSA Level
My first Urologist, and the one who initially diagnosed my cancer, warned me against having sex (orgasm) for 72 hours prior to having blood drawn. I had a PSA test 2 weeks ago and it went up nearly a full point from somewhere in the mid 6's to the mid 7's (I do not have the numbers in front of me) in 12 weeks. I forgot…
Deciding on treatment
I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in May of 2016 but apparently I have had elevated PSA results for at least 7 years prior to that (army clinic failed to inform me that my PSA was higher than expected in 2008 only to tell me in 2016). My original PSA was 11 but I was checked immediately after the results and it was 5.7…
Life Expectancy with Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
A very informative video to me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTN2vXpSHd8
An update - 16 months post surgery
I just wanted to give an update on my husband (57 yo). We're a couple of months behind on his 6 month testing. Traveling to NYC for follow-ups makes coordinating flights/hotels a little tricky especially around spring break time periods! But - it's so worth it. Memorial Sloan Kettering and their expertise in the treatment…
Gleason 9 PSA 14 Advice
In October 2018, my father's PSA score was 9. After coming back to Ohio from spending the winter in Florida, he went to the same Urologist, and his PSA score was 14 in May 2019. His Urologist called for a 12-core biopsy, of which we received the results last week, with cancer being identified in all 12 cores. His Gleason…
Question
Husband had DRE last week and doc said he felt a rough spot. My husband had colon cancer 12 years ago and is fine. His last CEA was 0.6 And his PSA was 3.0 both drawn a month ago his P s A actually went down from 3.8 6 months ago . Any idea what rough spot would be? Thanks

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