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Husbands new diagnosis
My husband is 50 his history is as follows PSA Was 2.2 in May 2015 3.8 in Nov 2015 5.4 in May 2016 free PSA 3.8% positive DRE in May 2016 Biopsy August 2016 results: T2b Gleason 7 Left perineural invasion present, 6 of 12 cores were 70 to 95% adenocarcinoma 4+3and 3+4 MRI Scan scheduled for 6 Sept What i am wondering is if…
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When to Start Hormonal Therapy?
Dr. Patrick Walsh, on page 492 in his book "Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer (3rd Edition) admits that hormonal therapy prolongs life and eases the symptoms of advanced prostate cancer. But he qualifies this by saying, "there's no evidence that giving a man early hormonal therapy—intermittent or continual—or giving more…
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Rapid Doubling of PSA & Probable Recurrance
What a mess! My prostate was surgically removed in April 2014. A few months later, my PSA started going up so I began radiation treatment and hormone-blocking therepy. I completed all that in March 2015. Last month, my PSA was .83. This month it's 1.63. A retest, less than a week later, showed that it had increased to…
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PI-RADS Score Info Please
Hi Guys...Went for my biopsy today...Nowhere near as bad as I was expecting, 12 cores and only 2 of them were uncomfortable....Very nice Doc and Nurse...Was able to ask them a few questions, and even had a couple of laughs....Asked this doc about the PI-Rads Score (which I have since learned about)....Apparently my scan…
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I do not see one familiar face here!
I have been away from the board a long time...it's now two years since my robotic surgery - PSA last week a big fat ZERO..proudly I'm still a memember of that Club? Who's the president now? ED is pretty good and still using generic blue pills for recreation more than necessity. Hope all is well with all the gang...and…
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How Accurate is the 3T MRI at detecting cancer
Hi Guys, I'm new here, Live in the UK (hope this is OK here this being a US site). Currently awaiting a biopsy and just wondering if anybody here has had this experience or knows the answer to this question re: 3T MRI scanners..... Briefly: 58 Years old, Live in UK so under NHS, been referred by GP and having tests at…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Another new member of the PC club
Greetings everyone. I have been accessing this site for the past 2 months and wanted to thank those who post information and even though I have not been active in comunication to date, I have found the site to be very helpful as I have been dealing with my own cancer diagnosis. The specifics .. Age 52 (at time of…
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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
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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…
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Northern California Kaiser Surgeons - Any recommendations?
Hi guys, am visiting my urologist next week (March 2nd): I am very thankful for all your comments and advice on a previous post. Now my question is a bit more specific: I have Kaiser Insurance and am wondering : - which surgeons you can recommend within the Kaiser network. - which surgeons to avoid within the network - Any…
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Zytiga in China
Hello everyone, I'm looking for a place that offers Zytiga 250mg for sale. The problem is that we only have a prsc from china. (my wife's grandfather is Chinese) Do any of you know of a way to get the medicine this way? The medicine itself is still not approved in China and we try everything we can to help. Thank you
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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.…
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Metastatic prostate cancer cases rising, study finds
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/07/18/metastatic-prostate-cancer-cases-rising-study-finds.html
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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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Post-RP
I'm starting a new thread, since I am now post-surgical removal, and any future discussion will be of different matters from those when I was figuring out which First-Line therapy to go with. I got the cath out this morning. They filled my bladder with fresh water first, to see how much bladder control I had, and I was…
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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.…
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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…
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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!
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Bladder spasms after catheter removal
I had prostate surgery on Dec 5. On Dec 11 the catheter was removed but I started to have bladder spasms and was not able to pass urine.As a result the catheter was reinserted. On Dec 18 the catheter was removed and the same result, except I spent 3 hr in the ER getting the catheter reinserted and getting pain meds for the…
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Father was just told of recurrence
My father was diagnosed with cancer and had his prostate removed 5 years ago with no other treatment besides surgery. His PSA levels were 0 for the first two years and then gradually started climbing. We have an appointment on Friday with the radiation oncologist and wondered if anyone would give me a list of questions…
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A New Member Thanks you
I am 57 years old, and was diagnosed with a Gleason 7, and Gleason 6, prostate cancer in March 2016. I was seeing a Urologist locally first (Montana), until I asked for different options and was told he had already made up his mind, and no matter what other test I went through he was not going to be changing his mind about…
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Transdermal Estrogen vs Lupron; a matter in the Quality of Life
Today I waken up to the news that Britain managed to unchain its locks in the EU. Congratulations to all the Brits. However, bigger news came on my email with a video from Dr. Myers. This is about Estrogens substituting Lupron in hormonal treatments. This is a matter we survivors in this forum so many times have discussed…
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8 Weeks Post Surgery
Had my first PSA 6 weeks after surgery - uPSA 2.41 - I thought maybe too soon and next blood draw would be "0" - wrong had a gegular PSA blood draw 8 weeks after surgery - 2.6 - this rate my doubling time is ~ 4 months. Now since these tests are not apples to apple - ultra sensitive 1st draw and regular PSA 2nd draw my…
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68 Ga PSMA PET Booked
I was accepted ino this study and will go in later July - Germany is also an option if anything goes wrong == If anyone is interested in this scan see the study information. Your insurance may cover the scan and Ga-68-HBED-CC-PSMA ?? From the study info: "This compound has been shown to be superior to choline based PET…
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Clinical Trial at Huntsman Institute
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Prostate cancer back? after cryosurgery
My husband had Base of tongue cancer in 2010 and has fully recovered from that. He was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer in 2012 after a rising PSA and a biopsy resulting in 5% affected with a Gleason score of 8 (4=4). After undergoing his first cancer, we asked which treatment would give the most permanent results. He…
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no dairy diet
H V G and panel, I had dinner with a friend of mine in Sacramento Ca. last month and he is trying a no dairy diet and keeping his protein from meat at 10%. his PSA went from 8 to 2.1 over 3 months. he had testicular cancer 6 years ago and was hoping to control his PSA with this diet so I figured why not try it.Have anyone…