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Excellent New York Times article about active surveillance

Today's New York Times had an excellent article on active surveillance. This article has been very well researched and I recommend that everyone take a look at...

Today's New York Times had an excellent article on active surveillance. This art...

•8 years ago

AFTER RADIATION--SUCCESS!

On April 27, I completed a series of 20 palliative radiation treatments to my prostate, which had begun to grow again, after more than three years of being...

On April 27, I completed a series of 20 palliative radiation treatments to m...

•8 years ago

From Active Surveillance to Metastatic Prostate Cancer – Know Your Risks As You Decide

In a prospective study published in the Journal of Urology, researchers reported the risk men face of developing metastatic disease. They evaluated a large,...

In a prospective study published in the Journal of Urology, researchers reported...

•8 years ago

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Radiotherapy?

Just diagnosed a month ago. I am 54 years old, psa 4.1 Gleason score 3+4. I am in the higher end of intermediate risk. My PSA has gone up and down for a...

Just diagnosed a month ago. I am 54 years old, psa 4.1 Gleason score 3+4. I am ...

•8 years ago

xtandi experience

hi joel I am on xtandi now 2 months as you suggested I had headaches from it but now I am able to take 4 tablets daily I will have my psa drawn on june 3 I...

hi joel I am on xtandi now 2 months as you suggested I had headaches from it but...

•8 years ago

Keep A Log Of All Your Tests - Be Obsesive About This Task

As I go over their many comments and questions on this site I become concerned that in some instances people do not know about their cancer. What I am...

As I go over their many comments and questions on this site I become concerned t...

•8 years ago

Provision Proton Knoxville

Has anyone been thru the 20 treatment Proton Therapy at Provision in Knoxville, Tenn? Or researched it?

Has anyone been thru the 20 treatment Proton Therapy at Provision in Knoxville, ...

•8 years ago

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Perioperative Blood Transfusion as a Significant Predictor of Biochemical Recurrence and Survival after Radical Prostatectomy in Patients wi

New study below. In preparation for my radical prostatectomy 12 years ago, I had two units of blood drawn (the maximum I was allowed), in case blood was needed...

New study below. In preparation for my radical prostatectomy 12 years ago, I had...

•8 years ago

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Radiotherapy or Not ?

Hi people, just had my first appointment with the urologist since having my prostate removed 6 weeks ago, my PSA reading has come back 0 for cancer but as the...

Hi people, just had my first appointment with the urologist since having my pros...

•8 years ago

Gleason Grades 3+3 vs. 3+4 And The Decision To Use Active Surveillance As A Primary Treatment

The presence of Gleason 3 + 4 at biopsy, when compared to 3 + 3, increases the risk of adverse pathology being present at radical prostatectomy. When...

The presence of Gleason 3 + 4 at biopsy, when compared to 3 + 3, increases the r...

•8 years ago

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Primary Radiotherapy May Not Increase Survival in Men Under 70 Years Old!

Increasingly we are seeing more younger men diagnosed with prostate cancer. There was a study done to evaluate the survival advantage that younger men (under...

Increasingly we are seeing more younger men diagnosed with prostate cancer. The...

•8 years ago

impotence after artificial urinary sphincter implant

Hello everyone. I had an AUS implanted in February. Before the implant, I was probably about 30-40% impotent. I was able to get a suitable erection for...

Hello everyone. I had an AUS implanted in February. Before the implant, I was...

•8 years ago

3T mp MRI Guided Biopsy Recommendations

Hi all - I was diagnosed earlier this year (T1c, G6, PSA4.2, two cores with 5%/20%) and after visiting with MD Anderson urologists, I'll enter their AS...

Hi all - I was diagnosed earlier this year (T1c, G6, PSA4.2, two cores with 5%/2...

•8 years ago

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I have prostate cancer with a gleason score of 6 (3+3) and PSA around 5. I have had two biopsies 1 year apart with similar results. Always two cores with...

I have prostate cancer with a gleason score of 6 (3+3) and PSA around 5. I have ...

•8 years ago

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