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Prostate Cancer

What sense to make of these post-prostatectomy test results?
My six-week post-prostatectomy PSA was 0.47. Three weeks later this was 0.39. Can anyone help me understand what is most likely going on? The background results are as follows: 5.5 pre-op PSA (age 65) 7 or 7.5 Gleason with seminal vesicle involvement. Clean margins and clear lymph nodes according to the post-op pathology…
PSA
Hi, Can you tell me the best supplement to help with PSA levels?
Xofigo users information
is anyone currently on Xofigo? I will be starting it next month. Everything I am finding on line seems very negative. I am 65. Most of the other post I found were from 2013. And the patients were men in their 80s. Please help. Need some current information on side effects and is it worth taking. God bless
Surgical clip stuck in urethra after robotic surgery
Has anyone had a surgical clip get stuck in their urethra after robotic prostrate surgery?
4 yrs. out and 1st PSA rise
I apologize if I'm doing this wrong, this is my first discussion board or chat room, yes, believe it. Had RP by DaVinci method in March, 2014. Gleason of 7(4+3), involved whole left side, 3 at 100%, 2 at 90% and 1 at 30%. Did the radiation and 2 yrs. of hormone therapy. Been surviving at PSA's of <.01 for 2 yrs. testing at…
Prostate cancer is never an emergency
This is from Duffy Myers Prostapedia, October 2017: So then men should definitely ask their urologist how the imaging information might change things before the imaging study is even ordered? Dr. Cooperberg: Absolutely. You should never order any test—imaging or otherwise—that is not going to change your management, not…
Immunotherapy Trial: Atezolizumab
Has anyone had any experience or exposure to this therapy (not-yet-FDA approved for PCa) that blocks the PD-L1 pathway? A local clinical trial is open in Phase3, testing enzalutamide in combination with atezolizumab in pateients with mcrPCa who had failed hormone therapy and not yet undergone chemo. I have enrolled…
Radiation therapy and colonoscopy
I had rad therapy in Feb 2016. I'm due for a routine colonoscopy screening soon. Does anyone know if there are any precations I need to take due to the prior radiation Rx? Obviously I should let the MD doing the procedure know. Has anyone else had any issues? Thanks.
Scared all over again
Hello All, My husband has the following information: June 2011 Robotic prostatectomy Prior PSA 7.51, Gleason 7 (3+4) Sept 2011 PSA 0.46 then retested at 0.28 Started imrt SRT in November 2011 April 2012 PSA 0.31 Oct 2012 PSA 0.11 May 2013 PSA 0.06 Nov 2013 PSA 0.058 Sept 2014 PSA 0.035 Sept 2015 PSA 0.030 Oct 2016 PSA…
My husbands experience Bladder Neck Contracture I hope it will help you!
8-13-07 Radical Prostatectomy The PSA Tests have all come back cancer free! But he has had complications in scaring and has gone through the following procedures to keep the bladder neck open... Office Dilations: Lasting 1st Dilation 14 days 2nd Dilation 8 days 3rd Dilation 0 days 4th Dilation 21 days 5th Dilation 2 days…
Advice sorted based on the attached Biopsy, PSA, MRI, etc. reports
Hello, My father has been diagnosed with Prostate Cancer. Life has been rather overwhelming for me in the sense that when my father was younger and healthy, my relationship with him was non-existence (there a was good 10 years gap since we spoke just recently). We have both realized that "Life can only be understood…
Sucralfate 10% enema off-license treatment for radiation proctitis
Has anybody here been treated or know anyone who's been treated for radiation proctitis with Sucralfate 10% enema? it's an off-license treatment. I need to find out the "shelf life" for the Sucralfate 10% enemas. Prostate cancer treatment was provided in the US; patient now living in the UK. Thanks.
Encouragement for Newbies
Today I got the good news of PSA 0! This is 8 years post Davinci Surgery. Four years post radiation for a recurrence. Great news to start Movember. Origin Gleason 7 (4+3).
Need help re Xofigo
My husband has been fighting prostate cancer for 5-1/2 years. When first diagnosed in 2012 it had already metastasized to 80% of the bones in his body. He has been on Lupron, Casadex, Taxatere, radiation to the L5 veterbrae and now Zytiga. He's developed an osteo necresosis in his jaw from exgeva, has had hypercalcemia ,…
How cancer effects me!
I have cancer in my body and my job is to keep it out of my spirit! The shock of cancer can only be understood by those who have it. I have known many who had cancer and felt empathy for them but did not get the gut-wrenching shock until my doctor said, “you have cancer!” My mind went to almost shut down as he talked, and…
zytiga
has anyone had a riding psa and declining alk the fist two months on Zytiga. I am very voncernef
chronic radiation proctitis
My husband had hormone treatment, followed by external beam radiation, followed by seeding. The seeding was done a year ago. He is now suffering intense pain from radiation proctitis. Would like to hear from anyone else who has had this problem. Thank you.
Leery of Lupron - Please Help!
I've been lurking for the past 3+ months in this most helpful, compassionate forum while waiting for a comprehensive medical analysis of my particular PCa condition. Condensation: 1997-2006 Treatment for BPH (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia - Prostatitis Unspecified) with periodic R/X (Cipro) for low-grade infection and…
Where to from here?
I just had a radical prostatectomy with removal of 23 lymph nodes for Gleason 9 (5+4) prostate cancer. Surgical pathology staged the tumor p3aN1Mx. Cancer was found in the bladder neck as well as 1 lymph node. I am a type 1 diabetic and have an open ulcer on my leg that is being very difficult to heal. I am 58 years old…
Stage 4
I believe I last wrote about 4 months ago. My partner diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer in August/16. He finished his taxotere in Dec. Three days later he was rushed to the hospital for quintuple heart bypass surgery . He was in the hospital for two weeks. After he got out about a week later he got a gum infection and was on…
Recently diagnosed and new to the forum as well
Greetings, This seems like a good place to start. March 1 I went to see my new doctor for a physical and update my PSA number. It had been 3 yrs since I had seen a doctor. Historically my psa has been low for my age however during my DRA the doctor felt a nodule on my prostate. That psa was 3.7 with blood detected in my…
Newly Diagnosed - Gleason (3+4)
Thanks in advance for the empathy and technical knowledge shown on this message board. My Situation: 55 Married, WM - Overall Good Health - No symptons. Wife and two teenage boys. Good Health Insurance. Life Insurance, Good Finaces. Wife is upset but stable. Kids do not know and will not until it is necessary. Employer…
New MRI Results
I have been on active surveillance for five years and just completed a fusion mri. My Dr is out of town and I would like to know the meaning of some of the results in terms of how serious they are. Anatomic findings: There is a small focus of altered signal typical of tumor in the left posterior lateral peripheral zone in…
Movember
to bring awareness of Prostate Cancer and other Men's diseases to the general population. Spread the word about what is needed to screen for disease. foundation site: https://us.movember.com/ Previous threads: https://csn.cancer.org/node/305457 https://csn.cancer.org/node/297696
Low PSA = no growth in cancer
In the case of my metastasis Prostate cancer and with a PSA of only 0.2 now and taking ZYTIGA. One would think that there is no growth in the tumor's which is in the Lymph Nodes. If that is the case, then why would MD Anderson would want me to do a full CT / bone scan in July. Is it money or is it to check the size of the…
Rising PSA
It's been a couple of years since I last visited this discussion board. I had a davinci RP back in 2010 and subsequent PSA tests have shown a slight rise in my PSA since 2015. For years 2010 through 2014, my PSA was .01, but the last three years it's gone from .04 (2015), .05 (2016) and now it's .07. Is this cause for…
Seed Implant - radiation damage
I am interested if any other patients who have had seed implants have had damage to urinary tract and colon due to radiation burn.
LA Times: UCLA slammed for patient bid (xtandi)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/los-angeles-times/20171022/281994672732555
Options to Chemo?
New here, so to introduce myself/ourselves, I'm Tanya and my husband is Roger.--he's 63, in great shape, active and feels great so far. He was Dx'd PCa in July 2017, (G-7, 2 cores of 12 positive) RP on Aug 31, 2017, PSA went up from 5.3 pre-op to 14.1 3 and Dxd Mets to bones and Stage IV on Oct 13, 3 weeks post op.…
Continency after catheter removal

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