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Cyberknife For Periaortic Lymph Nodes

I’m going to be starting RT in September for my prostate and pelvic LN mets (2). My RO doesn’t want to use EBRT on my periaortic LN mets (2), he feels like...

I’m going to be starting RT in September for my prostate and pelvic LN mets (2)....

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•58 minutes ago

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Metastases possibly worse after Radiation

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4956569/#:~:text=Cytokine%20expression,invasion%2C%20and%20metastasis%20following%20radiotherapy.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4956569/#:~:text=Cytokine%20express...

•3 hours ago

Any coming back from this?

Here’s a summary of my father’s situation since he was diagnosed last year in May 2022. I used all of his clinical reports to create this, but you can see my...

Here’s a summary of my father’s situation since he was diagnosed last year in Ma...

•6 hours ago

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Dull red blotches at chemo infusion site

Hoping somebody has some experience with this and can help. Eric had his 3rd docetaxel chemo Friday, and for the first time ever, developed swelling above and...

Hoping somebody has some experience with this and can help. Eric had his 3rd doc...

•6 hours ago

Pluvicto Update

I have had 3 treatments now and unfortunately the pain has increased significantly each week. My PSA has continued to rise also. Had a PSMA SCAN yesterday...

I have had 3 treatments now and unfortunately the pain has increased significan...

•6 hours ago

To Do Radiation or Not do Radiation?

After a great response to the below treatments since diagnosis 07/01/2022 Triplicate Therapy including Docetaxel I qualified for a Swog Trial to have...

After a great response to the below treatments since diagnosis 07/01/2022 Tr...

•7 hours ago

Efficiency between Erleada & Zytiga?

I need to make a decision between Erleada and zytiga for metastatic ( by psma to LN) HS prostate cancer. Which one should I choose based on efficacy. I am...

I need to make a decision between Erleada and zytiga for metastatic ( by psma to...

•8 hours ago

Cycling and loss of power on ADT

I’ve been a cyclist fo over 20 years and used to do ultra distance cycling. (Over 20 double centuries and the Furnace Creek 508) I’m now taking both Nubeqa...

I’ve been a cyclist fo over 20 years and used to do ultra distance cycling. (Ove...

•12 hours ago

Alternative suggestive drug

Doctor has suggested NAD+ injections. He is fully aware of my medications and Prostate journey. Is this a familiar drug in this community. ?

Doctor has suggested NAD+ injections. He is fully aware of my medications and Pr...

•19 hours ago

Cancer - sting in the tail

I wrote a post about my husband's passing last week and received many heartfelt messages. I am writing to acknowledge them all and to thank you all. I tried to...

I wrote a post about my husband's passing last week and received many heartfelt ...

•22 hours ago

Erleada Cost

I have Medicare part D insurance and another private insurance through my wife’s job ( Anthem- blue cross/blue shields ). does anyone please know what the...

I have Medicare part D insurance and another private insurance through my wife’s...

•1 day ago

Wife seeking input regarding RT

I've been reading posts for several months and have learned a great deal. Thank you all! This is my first post so forgive me if I ramble a bit. Hubby is 78...

I've been reading posts for several months and have learned a great deal. Thank ...

•1 day ago

Darolutamide

Can anyone here advice on SE of this drug please. I have been on Zoladex this last 6 months & have a PSA of 1.03 now, coming off Firmagon before that. Now the...

Can anyone here advice on SE of this drug please. I have been on Zoladex this la...

•1 day ago

thin skin?

Hi my brothers in ADT - I'm 10 months in to a 2-year stint (so far) on Eligard and abiraterone + prednisone. Lately I find that my skin seems to tear and...

Hi my brothers in ADT - I'm 10 months in to a 2-year stint (so far) on Eligard ...

•1 day ago

Cost of Xtandi

I am about to go onto Medicare. The cost of all drugs seem exorbitant. How do I get financial assistance without going broke?

I am about to go onto Medicare. The cost of all drugs seem exorbitant. How do ...

•1 day ago

Pain in the bottom after HDBT + EBRT

For those of you who elected HDBT + EBRT + ADT as your primary treatment, did you experience any pain in you butt cheeks months after your treatment? It has...

For those of you who elected HDBT + EBRT + ADT as your primary treatment, did yo...

•1 day ago

Intraductal Carcinoma and Cribriform Glands Present

Hi! Am wondering if anyone can speak to intraductal carcinoma and cribriform glands. My husband just had a prostatectomy several weeks ago. Follow up appt...

Hi! Am wondering if anyone can speak to intraductal carcinoma and cribriform gl...

•1 day ago

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FDA Approves 18F-rhPSMA-7.3 to Identify Prostate Cancer in PET Imaging

Hopefully, smarter folks than me can explain the significance of this development. May 30, 2023 18F-rhPSMA-7.3 injection is now available to help identify...

Hopefully, smarter folks than me can explain the significance of this developmen...

•2 days ago

Specialty to start with?

Originally joined group because 55 yr son diagnosed with stage 4 PCa. Been tracking my own PSA for a few years and it is now 18.5. Due to this group and...

Originally joined group because 55 yr son diagnosed with stage 4 PCa. Been trac...

•2 days ago

18f-rhPSMA-7.3 scan

Anyone know? Does this one offer the same or better resolution for bone mets as an NaF(18) scan? Guessing it only ‘lights up’ for the PSMA avid cells? Yes? If...

Anyone know? Does this one offer the same or better resolution for bone mets as ...

•2 days ago

The final Bday update

I got up at 7:30 and took off to Serra Cross area, it's right next to the Botanical Gardens. Boy, it was a long climb, but at least this was at sorta sea level...

I got up at 7:30 and took off to Serra Cross area, it's right next to the Botani...

•2 days ago

Rising PSA after SBRT

3 weeks ago I had 5 rounds of SBRT after a PSMA scan showed a spot suspicious of bone met. Yesterday, I went for my blood test...my PSA had risen to 14.9 from...

3 weeks ago I had 5 rounds of SBRT after a PSMA scan showed a spot suspicious of...

•2 days ago

androgen receptor inhibitor for nmCRPC

So if you become castration resistant. Your PCa will grow without androgen. Your MO will recommend an androgen receptor inhibitor. Why bother inhibiting...

So if you become castration resistant. Your PCa will grow without androgen. Y...

•2 days ago

Nubeqa headaches?

Hi all, My dad started Nubeqa on May 11th as part of his triplet therapy. He noticed that he’s been getting headaches when he takes the pills. Some days the...

Hi all, My dad started Nubeqa on May 11th as part of his triplet therapy. He no...

•2 days ago

Leakage with Sex

I had radical prostatectomy 5 years ago. I have urine leakage with sex. (known as "climacturia"). My doctors have suggested a few possible fixes including...

I had radical prostatectomy 5 years ago. I have urine leakage with sex. (known a...

•3 days ago

Please advise

Hello, everyone. During the last few months, while waiting for my father's scans to be done, I have read hundreds of posts and profiles of people on this...

Hello, everyone. During the last few months, while waiting for my father's sc...

•3 days ago

Bone CT results.

Hello everyone, I am oligometastic. After prostatectomy 3.5 years ago, I had two mets in the femur. They were treated succesfully with stereotactict...

Hello everyone, I am oligometastic. After prostatectomy 3.5 years ago, I had ...

•3 days ago

UPDATE: PSA doubled, MO has had little input

first off I just wanted to say thank you so much for everyone who responded to my previous post. For someone who is an inexperienced and worried daughter, I...

first off I just wanted to say thank you so much for everyone who responded to m...

•3 days ago

NHS agrees to roll out Olaparib (Lynparza) April 2023.

The NHS has agreed to Olaparib for advanced prostate cancer with mutations in the BRCA genes. ‘Hundreds of patients with advanced prostate cancer could...

The NHS has agreed to Olaparib for advanced prostate cancer with mutations in th...

•3 days ago

PSADT under vacation from BICALUTAMIDE < 1month, please advice

Hi everyone, I was in ADT bicalutamide 150 mg for 16 months, my MO wanted to have vacation. But in 1 month my PSA increased from 0.050 to 0.130. He wants to...

Hi everyone, I was in ADT bicalutamide 150 mg for 16 months, my MO wanted to h...

•3 days ago

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