Prostate Cancer
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New diagnosis and treatment options
Hi, I’m a caregiver to a loved one newly diagnosed with prostate cancer. We’re still learning and have really valued this discussion board- thank you all. My loved one is 73 years old, active and generally healthy (but does have heart disease well managed) and his PCP told him 6 years ago not to get PSA anymore. This year…
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PI-RADS Score of 5 - Next Steps
Hi all, Just to give a bit of background - my father died of prostate cancer as did my maternal grandfather. Both my mother and her sister died of breast cancer. My PSA has been followed since my early 40s. At age 50 which was 2 years ago, it tested at 5.1. I had an MRI that indicated only a benign condition. My PSA…
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Advanced Cancer and waiting...
I've been watching my score go up this year (surgery early 2010 and salvage late 2015). My PSA is now .310 up from a .207 in March and .210 in July...I continue with a good and mostly plant base diet, which I believe has helped me over the years (outcome could have been aggressive but it hasn’t to date). Some days I hate…
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Nanoknife my journey
Hello everyone! I had my Nanoknife procedure performed on August 29, 2023 and I am reporting back my experience. To make it easy to follow I will use sequential numbers below. For detailed background check previous postings. On another note, using this site is not an easy task for me. Procedure time about one hour under…
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Eligard vs Orgovyx
Heys guys, I am currently undergoing ADT therapy for Gleason 4+3 with one lymph node metastisis. My therapy is currently 2 months of Firmagon then to switch to Eligard for 3 months. I do know of the newest drug on the market taken daily called Orgovyx. I do know one is an Agonist and the other is an Antagonist. The Orgovyx…
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January 2024 Check-up
I had my 3 month checkup today, and the good news is that my PSA is still undetectable, but my Testosterone has only risen to 26. But, by far, the most important test result is that my PSA is still undetectable. Life is good. My Related History and Data: Post-Robotic Prostate Removal Surgery Pathology Report A. Lymph…
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PSA jump in 2 weeks
I am a 50 year old and I have been diagnosed in April with Gleason 3+4 but only 5 to 10% of pattern 4 in 3 cores. I have been on active surveillance since then but my PSA has moved from 4 to 5 to 6 in the past 6 months. I did my annual blood work on 12/28 and PSA was 6. But I just did a PSA test as part of the active…
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Nanoknife
I am 76 years old diagnosed with prostate cancer a few months ago. According to my urologist I am a candidate for this procedure consisting in zapping the cancer by applying electrical pulses at high voltage to kill the cancer cells. I looked at all the other methods and I am considering this procedure which I believe to…
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Very slowly rising PSA 3.5 years after radical prostatectomy
My surgery went well with really no incontinence issues 1 week post surgery. I have regularly tested PSA and my last several scores over the past year is outlined below. Prior to this I was and stayed in the 0.1 range, both above and below. They had not recommended a radiation oncologist consult until the 0.238 result in…
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My Journey begins - Navigating with Prostate Cancer
My first PSA test was at age 51 and was only taken as I was applying for life insurance. This was in 2014 and my PSA was 3.0 My next PSA was taken a month ago in November 2023 during a normal physical at the age of 59. This PSA test came back as 64 (not 6.4 but 64). I was referred to Urologist and they performed a DRE…
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Time from diagnosis to treatment
I think this is getting a little ridiculous five years ago first time round I was diagnosed on December 7. I did not start my therapy until the following July 7 seven months now five years later I have a final appointment with the surgeon at UCLA next tuesday and then I’ll make my decision. This will be six months since i…
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UCSF MO
i am looking into medical oncologists at UCSF. Anyone have direct experience Dr. Eric Small or Dr. Rahul Aggarwal and can share their experience
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BPH symptoms while on ADT
Hey guys, Im 73 YO, diagnosed with PC 11/23, prostate measures a whopping 88cc, PIRAD5, Gleason 4+3, T3N1M0. 3 of 12 cores positive grades1-3 with grade 3 being 4+3 with pattern 4 @65% of tissue. Currently on ADT/ FIRMAGON for 1 month then another late January then 3 month ELIGARD injection. My question is I am expecting…
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How Long do Hot Flashes last after Lupron?
I was on lupron for five months bracketing Prostrate RT. My last dose of lupron expired around a month ago. My hot flashes continue at the same rate, about 10 a day or more. When do they normally diminish?
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wife- looking for support and information
Hello everyone. Been looking through everyones posts. What an amazing resource this is! My husband (54 YO) was just confirmed through biopsy he has high grade adenocarcinoma of the prostate - Gleason score is 8. He had a MRI prior to the bx which showed the presence of abnormal tissue. PSA was only 4 when his PCP told us…
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does Eligard ever wear off
Can any body shed some light on how long the side effects of Eligard last. Its been 15months since partners last injection and he is still the person Eligard changed him into. Stll hot flushes fatigue apathy disengaged impotence and zero libido. His PSA and testosterone are both still negligable...I keep trying to find out…
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Looking for success stories
Unfortunately, like most discussion boards, I find the majority of posts here are about the problems we are all having and about looking for answers to resolve those problems. It's perfectly natural. We are all looking for answers, myself included. Once people feel their problems have been solved, they stop coming to the…
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Gleason 8 PSA 5
I was just diagnosed with prostate cancer. My urologist said 2 of the 10 samples tested positive for cancer, and he is going to schedule an MRI and Bone Scan to see how to proceed. He seems to be leaning towards a prostatectomy. Also, at this point I'm wondering with the PSA being 5, how likely it has spread outside my…
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Increased PSA
Hello everyone - first time poster. Had radical prostatectomy February 2022 (open). PSA undetectable until 2 days ago. Blood work came back at .23. Without thinking, had sexual activity about 1-1 1/2 hours before blood was drawn. Continence has been very good. No aches or pains or other symptoms. Can sexual activity cause…
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Rock Guitarist Ronnie Montrose Dies at 64
http://www.billboard.com/news/rock-guitarist-ronnie-montrose-dies-at-64-1006357152.story Dan Fogolberg died 56, Frank Zappa 52, Johnny Ramone 55, and the list goes on and on….Donate to research!
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Newly Diagnosed - How did you evaluate your treatment options?
I’m 68, active, and in good health. I just received my diagnosis yesterday and evaluating my options and making appointments. Clinical Stage=T1c; PSA=6.4; from the 13 biopsy samples taken, 2 are Gleason 7 (4+3) and 2 are Gleason 8 (4+4), all on the left side. All other samples are benign. What did you find useful to help…
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3 + 4 Gleason 7, PSA 5.8, Exo dx 35- leaning cyberknife no lupron
I am 66 and healthy. After biopsy I am {3 + 4 Gleason 7, PSA 5.8, Exo dx 35} 2 of 14 core samples showed cancer, one 3 + 3 Gleason 6 and the other as above. Core abutment with no bulging, nothing outside Prostate I had a CT and no lymph nodes of increase size. My prostate is not enlarged and no abnormal digital exam. I am…
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Free PSA % testing
Has anyone had this test done? I have done a lot of research and found that this is an accurate test for determing cancer. I understand the lower the % the greater the chance of prostate cancer. My husband's psa went from 1.1 to 5.3 in one year. A second test was run using free PSA and it came back at 2%. He has had a…
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Cyberknife + PMSA = Prostatectomy + Node Biopsy
I won’t consider Lupron, Why do it if post Cyberknife I get a PMSA PET scan to confirm intracapsular eradication and clean nodes. If the nodes are cancerous either way I will need systemic therapy. In addition, the PMSA agent that is specifically absorbed and lights up on a scan, also has a therapeutic analog. The…
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Cyberknife vs DaVinci Prostatectemy
With regard to Cyberknife, do they prescribe MRI’s to confirm tumor destroyed? If Statistics indicate near equal success in tumor eradication, is the only advantage of surgery that nodes are removed for biopsy? Do they always get every node out? All indications from CT and MRI show nodes are at normal size. So if I am…
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Leaning cryo seems like only choice
many of you know my story i’ve had a reoccurrence after five years of external beam and a booster. Below is the report of my biopsy, which I am having problems making heads or tails of the bottom line is being told. I have a high risk tumor. The cryotherapy specialist is now telling me that no matter what treatment I…
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Questions for first meeting with oncologist
For all you fighters out there. I am new to this network and to this board and I have my initial meeting on Dec 20th with my oncologist and urologist together. I have plenty of my own questions and have been working hard to educate myself but my question for all of you is looking back, what are the 3 best questions to ask…
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Space oar
Any experience on space oar i have an option to get it or not before radiation treatments start
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After 5 year relapse post external beam radiation i decided
To do cryotherapy…i am very upset though..here me out … as you all may know in 2018 i diagnosed with stage two prostate cancer confined to the prostrate Gleason 3+4. I went and saw a lot of doctors. A lot of test werevdone was confused about treatments and I was told by the surgeon and the radiologist that I have a 80%…
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psa
Hi i had radiation for a Gleason 7 cancer in 2013 , my psa nadir was .02 it has gone to 0. 3 and .0.4 and back down to .3 as i age , is this normal? Also i just recently had a PSA and it was 0.48 when 7 mos ago it was 0.3 ,i just remembered i had a cortisone shot in my hip 3 days before the PSA test, and i worked out 2…
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