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Advanced Prostate Cancer

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Lupron ( ADT ) vacation

When should your Dr put you back on some form of ADT? I was on off lupron for about a year, then my PSA started to rise, .19 -- .28 --- .48 and then jumped to...

When should your Dr put you back on some form of ADT? I was on off lupron for ab...

•5 years ago

HAPPY LABOR DAY!

Happy Labor Day and prostate awareness month! Seems i did to much yesterday. Up at 3 am, normal. Walked 3.5 miles, normal. Went to church then my brothers...

Happy Labor Day and prostate awareness month! Seems i did to much yesterday. U...

•5 years ago

Update after chemo and a wonderful meetup

Thankful to this forum for allowing us to meet some of the nicest and funniest people in the world. Thank you j-o-h-n and anna for the wonderful dinner while...

Thankful to this forum for allowing us to meet some of the nicest and funniest p...

•5 years ago

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Treatment of Prostate Cancer with yttrium-90, copper (64Cu), scandium (44Sc), and/or terbium (152Tb/161Tb).

Does anyone have any experience or knowledge of treatment of Prostate Cancer with yttrium-90, copper (64Cu), scandium (44Sc), and/or terbium (152Tb/161Tb)?...

Does anyone have any experience or knowledge of treatment of Prostate Cancer wit...

•5 years ago

Uploaded the MRI report again

Bony pelvis MRI

Bony pelvis MRI

•5 years ago

Lungs

Your thoughts... The cancer has metastasized to the right lung and is blocking 50% of the airflow. The plan is to perform 15 low dose radiation treatments....

Your thoughts... The cancer has metastasized to the right lung and is blocking 5...

•5 years ago

Successful Recurrent Treatment - So Far

Thought I would share an update to forum members as I had previously posted on this forum seeking feedback to my 2nd treatment strategy after recurrent PSA...

Thought I would share an update to forum members as I had previously posted on t...

•5 years ago

Cost of PET scans in Germany and South Africa

I am interested in finding the cost of a ga-68 Pet scan in Germany and South Africa. Also the cost of Lutetium -177 Peptide Therapy in South Africa per cycle....

I am interested in finding the cost of a ga-68 Pet scan in Germany and South Afr...

•5 years ago

Expectations

If I had extensive bone Mets throughout skeletal system a year ago, what should my expectations be for 1 year scans? Complete resolution?

If I had extensive bone Mets throughout skeletal system a year ago, what should ...

•5 years ago

Xtandi while undergoing Docetaxel/Carboplatin chemo

On Thursday I will have my 3rd round of chemo with Docetaxel/Carboplatin combo. In each of the other 2 rounds, we used Xtandi as a rechallenge after 6 cycles...

On Thursday I will have my 3rd round of chemo with Docetaxel/Carboplatin combo. ...

•5 years ago

High doses of Vitamin D DECREASES bone mineral density

Vitamin D is a steroid (not a true vitamin). Steroids have wide-ranging effects on the body and interact with other steroids/hormones. In this case, they...

Vitamin D is a steroid (not a true vitamin). Steroids have wide-ranging effects ...

•5 years ago

Prostate cancer worry

Hi, long story short , I am 65 have never had a psa above 2, had a scan last year not for cancer specifically it reported that I had a ‘small sclerotic lesion...

Hi, long story short , I am 65 have never had a psa above 2, had a scan last yea...

•5 years ago

Fractions Of Pallitive Radiation Question

When a radiation oncologist says ” 5 fractions” to an area ....what does that mean? Is it the times he has to go in for treatment?? He mentioned giving my...

When a radiation oncologist says ” 5 fractions” to an area ....what does that m...

•5 years ago

Precision oncology, THERANOSTICS & the Bad Berka Experience

New paper below [1]. For those who remember the days when there were few options, the list of potential therapies may seem bewildering. "Precision oncology is...

New paper below [1]. For those who remember the days when there were few options...

•5 years ago

PSA rise and PSMA PET CT result

How related is a rising PSA with a result in a second PSMA PET CT? Are they quite related? This with bone AP quite stable. In other words: if doing a first...

How related is a rising PSA with a result in a second PSMA PET CT? Are they quit...

•5 years ago

Time to metastasis?

If castrate resistant and high Gleason which is the time to metastasis one can expect? Does it vary if the main tumour was operated or radiated? If not...

If castrate resistant and high Gleason which is the time to metastasis one can e...

•5 years ago

Side effects with estrogen patches (instead on lupron or firmagon)

For those on estrogen patches what are your side effects: tired, brain fog, memory, muscle loss, hot flashes, other? Any differences fr those taking before...

For those on estrogen patches what are your side effects: tired, brain fog, memo...

•5 years ago

Pain in right hip and rib

While on ADT and PSA 0.008, can the cancer spread to the pelvic bone ie sacral ala?

While on ADT and PSA 0.008, can the cancer spread to the pelvic bone ie sacral a...

•5 years ago

Question on Intermittent ADT

I was diagnosed Apr/19, Gleason 4/4, on lymph nodes. Started Zoladex in Jun/19, 37 treatments of radiation in Nov/Dec. PSA is 0.08. They want to put me on...

I was diagnosed Apr/19, Gleason 4/4, on lymph nodes. Started Zoladex in Jun/19, ...

•5 years ago

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