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PSA profile after RT + ADT?

This is a slight variation on YearoftheCow's recent question. I had 6 months ADT (Orgovyx) along with PBT last year. While on ADT, my T and PSA were both...

This is a slight variation on YearoftheCow's recent question. I had 6 months ADT...

•3 years ago

New Combined Therapy Helps Extend Lives of Men With Prostate Cancer

"Cedars-Sinai Cancer Study Shows Hormone Therapy, Plus Pelvic Lymph Node Treatment, Improves Survival Practice-changing research from Cedars-Sinai Cancer shows...

"Cedars-Sinai Cancer Study Shows Hormone Therapy, Plus Pelvic Lymph Node Treatme...

•3 years ago

LISWT report, ejaculation and testosterone q

2 and 3/4 years ago I did one shot lupron, then external beam, then brachy. I was 60 yrs old with localized cancer with 6,6 ,3-4, 3-4, 4-3 Gleasons and a PSA...

2 and 3/4 years ago I did one shot lupron, then external beam, then brachy. I wa...

•3 years ago

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How to determine what is a normal PSA after radiation therapy?

As I understand it, when PCa is treated with radiation therapy, the theory is cancer cells are more vulnerable to radiation because they divide more rapidly...

As I understand it, when PCa is treated with radiation therapy, the theory is ca...

•3 years ago

Strange freePSA/PSA ratio

I have a friend who's PSA is climbing, his freePSA does so but at a higher rate, making the ratio improve by time. Six months ago his PSA was 11.68 and the...

I have a friend who's PSA is climbing, his freePSA does so but at a higher rate...

•3 years ago

Fatigue and muscle loss

Then 73 years old with PSA 11.3, I was diagnosed with T3b prostate cancer in February 2021. Surgery not a realistic option because of the spread into one of...

Then 73 years old with PSA 11.3, I was diagnosed with T3b prostate cancer in Feb...

•3 years ago

? for Tall_Allen

Opinion? I was diagnosed Intermediate unfavorable, 4 core samples 4+3 & pirad 5 lesion. Extracapsular extension identified by John’s Hopkins. Rapid rise in...

Opinion? I was diagnosed Intermediate unfavorable, 4 core samples 4+3 & pirad 5 ...

•3 years ago

Contradicting silly doctors' parrots

This subject is coming over and over into surface, so I decided to start a specific thread as I got bored in writing the same things over and over again: Post...

This subject is coming over and over into surface, so I decided to start a speci...

•3 years ago

After Active Surveillance since 2013, time to explore treatment options

I am new here, and found out about this place from reading TallAllen's blog "Prostate Cancer News, Reviews & Views" I am 72 now, and was AS since 2013, where a...

I am new here, and found out about this place from reading TallAllen's blog "Pro...

•3 years ago

Seeking Advice

I'm working with the premise I'm experiencing a BCR. After 2 years of undetectable psa, my recent psa test were the following: My last 3 mo eligard shot was...

I'm working with the premise I'm experiencing a BCR. After 2 years of undetectab...

•3 years ago

hernia

Hi guys it's 10 months since robotic prostate removal everything has been going well till now, I have suffered a double inguinal hernia, I consider myself...

Hi guys it's 10 months since robotic prostate removal everything has been going ...

•3 years ago

PSA now at 15 time to start a treatment but don’t know which drugs.

It is time to beat the beast once and for all. I had RP and EBRT 2015 now PSA is climbing pretty quickly. PSA Trend 05/17/2022: 15.2 04/14/2022:13.45...

It is time to beat the beast once and for all. I had RP and EBRT 2015 now PSA i...

•3 years ago

ADT, HDR Brachy, EBRT, Zytiga

Looking for input from this great community. I’m a high risk PC 72 yo. I’ve been on ADT since April 1. Getting HDR BT this Tuesday from Dr. Wong at UCSF....

Looking for input from this great community. I’m a high risk PC 72 yo. I’ve been...

•3 years ago

Biopsy

Had a psa of 9.0 at the end of March then had another psa with a 6.6 first of may with a biopsy that came back negative. How soon can I have another biopsy?...

Had a psa of 9.0 at the end of March then had another psa with a 6.6 first of ma...

•3 years ago

Seeking a natural cure for prostate cancer.

I am a 70 y/o , diagnosed with Intermediate Grade Prostate Cancer in April 2021. Biopsy showed one Gleason 8 (4+4), one 7 (4+3) and the rest were mostly 6 s...

I am a 70 y/o , diagnosed with Intermediate Grade Prostate Cancer in April 2021...

•3 years ago

Newly diagnosed Teal stage prostate cancer, trying to prepare for possible HDR brachytherapy treatment.

Hi, I'm new to this forum. I was diagnosed Teal stage prostate cancer last February. I have no symptoms. I did a lot of research & decided to choose...

Hi, I'm new to this forum. I was diagnosed Teal stage prostate cancer last Febru...

•3 years ago

Start of 36 mo of ADT?

I started on 36 months of ADT in Feb 2020 (Neoadjuvant) followed by 44 sessions of IMRT from May 2020 to July 2020 with Continuous ADT from Feb to now. When...

I started on 36 months of ADT in Feb 2020 (Neoadjuvant) followed by 44 sessions...

•3 years ago

Updated American Urological Association (AUA) guidelines for localized PCa

No surprises here, and very similar to NCCN guidelines for localized PCa:...

No surprises here, and very similar to NCCN guidelines for localized PCa:...

•3 years ago

PSA Bounce, Any Suggestions?

I had focal laser ablation in 2017. Since then, my MRIs have shown nothing suspicious, but my PSA has bounced around causing some angst. Somewhere between 1/4...

I had focal laser ablation in 2017. Since then, my MRIs have shown nothing suspi...

•3 years ago

DHEA and Pregnenolone

A recent visit to a MD in general practice who was interested in administering injections of Testosterone decided to wait and prescribed DHEA and Pregnenolone...

A recent visit to a MD in general practice who was interested in administering i...

•3 years ago

bone cancer

prostate cancer that has metastasis to the bone .What is the best treatment for theis type of bone cancer . Allen in Quebec

prostate cancer that has metastasis to the bone .What is the best treatment for...

•3 years ago

CMP results :-(

AST= 114- normal range= 15-37 ALT = 107- NR =16-61 Globulin =2.5 - NR = 2.8- 4.4 Looks like liver damage is indicated, all was going so well... MO suggests...

AST= 114- normal range= 15-37 ALT = 107- NR =16-61 Globulin =2.5 - NR = 2.8- 4....

•3 years ago

Five years cancer-free!

Actually this is a bit late. As of February 2022, I am 5 years cancer free after robotic laparoscopic prostatectomy with Gleason 4/3 and stage 2 prostate...

Actually this is a bit late. As of February 2022, I am 5 years cancer free after...

•3 years ago

I'm currently taking vitamin B complex w/Biotin

Biotin 400 mcg 1,333% DV How long before my PSA test should I stop taking this supplement? Thanks!

Biotin 400 mcg 1,333% DV How long before my PSA test should I stop taking this s...

•3 years ago

Implant surgery

Looking for a urologist in central FL experienced in implant surgery. Suggestions appreciated.

Looking for a urologist in central FL experienced in implant surgery. Suggestion...

•3 years ago

Confursed about the Cure?

I am writing from Spain with universal health care . I received a diagnosis and second opinion from Uiversity of Navara for curative treatment and of course...

I am writing from Spain with universal health care . I received a diagnosis and...

•3 years ago