Kell_11

[Kell_11]

Hi im new here. Was dx in Feb. '17 with stage 4, gleason 9. Went thru 6 cycles doc, once every 3 wks. I am curently on hormone therapy, lupron shot once a month and casodex daily. My Psa is undetectable according to my urologist and T is close to 40. My last bone scan looked good to my docs, nothing new and some regresion. I dont know if my Url. and Onc. specialize in pca. There is a MSK center in my town, (central NJ USA ) I might look there. There are alot of abbreviations here that are alien to me!

[Tall_Allen]

Here's a list of common abbreviations:

healingwell.com/community/d...

[Kell_11 in reply to Tall_Allen]

WOW! Thanks Tall_ Allen, I better start studying!!

[dadeb in reply to Tall_Allen]

Thanks !

[dress2544 in reply to Tall_Allen]

I think SRT also stands for stereotactic radiation therapy. Am I right ?

[Tall_Allen in reply to dress2544]

When used on this site it stands for salvage radiation therapy (there is a similar term aRT (adjuvant radiation therapy when they do it very soon after surgery). You are right - SRT does stand for stereotactic radiation therapy, which is super precise and used only on the brain. Stereotactic BODY radiation therapy (SBRT) is much the same, but refers to its use anywhere on the body (including the prostate) except the brain. Some call it SABR -stereotactic ablative body radiation - because it goes along with the "knife" idea (as in CyberKnife), although it is not really ablative.

[dress2544 in reply to Tall_Allen]

Thank you Tall Allen for your detailed reply

[Kell_11]

Hi dress, Salvage radiation therapy, just looked it up

[DeanNelson]

Tall_Allen,

I want to personally thank you for your knowledge and sharing if it.. I have only been here(Diagnosed April 13th) and you’ve been nothing but a wealth of information to me and everyone else. And your blog is awesome, it’s nice to see people like you in this world... 🙏

[Kell_11]

Ill second that Dean!

[Tall_Allen]

Thank you, Kell and Dean

[j-o-h-n]

Greetings Kell_11,

Pull up a chair and make yourself comfortable. Buckle up while you're at it... you're in for a quite a ride.

Good Luck and Good Health.

j-o-h-n Monday 05/21/2018 5:26 PM EDT