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Shoud I be concerned with my PSA rising from .79 to 1.01 in about 10 months?

Diagnosed with prostate cancer in August'18 with PSA of 7.84, Greason score of 7 (4+3) before being treated with SBRT without ADT at UCLA in October'18....

Diagnosed with prostate cancer in August'18 with PSA of 7.84, Greason score of 7...

•4 months ago

urinary bother duration

after SBRT and now in my final months of lupron, i still have frequency of urination at night. I had spaceOAR inserted before SBRT. Now at eight months, i...

after SBRT and now in my final months of lupron, i still have frequency of urin...

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•4 months ago

Boosting Prostate Cancer Awareness with One Click: The Power of Your Anonymous Signature on YouTube

Subscribing to a YouTube channel is like signing a petition with an anonymous signature. You're not sent anything, but your subscription has as much power as...

Subscribing to a YouTube channel is like signing a petition with an anonymous si...

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Huntsman?

Looking at options to receive SBRT for favorable intermediate risk. Now that I feel like I’m relatively comfortable with a treatment decision, the question is...

Looking at options to receive SBRT for favorable intermediate risk. Now that I f...

•4 months ago

Treatment Options

PSA 4.7 (over 2 years it double and then doubled again) This is the Pathology report A: Prostate gland, left lateral posterior, biopsy: Benign prostatic...

PSA 4.7 (over 2 years it double and then doubled again) This is the Patholo...

•4 months ago

SBRT ED meds

What is best ED medication pre and post 5 sessions SBRT for low risk intermediate in order to maintain erectile function?

What is best ED medication pre and post 5 sessions SBRT for low risk intermediat...

•4 months ago

darolutamide without Lupron?

Has anyone tried darolutamide without doing Lupron? Seems like that would help to treat PCa without lowering T-levels. I realize that the standard protocol...

Has anyone tried darolutamide without doing Lupron? Seems like that would help ...

•4 months ago

PSA testing - time taken to separate serum

Dear AllJust wondering if there are members who can advise on if there are defined standards on how long can PSA blood samples remain within whole blood...

Dear AllJust wondering if there are members who can advise on if there are defin...

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•4 months ago

Important caveat regarding estrogen therapy

Prof. Richard Wassersug tells me that estrogen therapy may be contraindicated if you have a BRCA 1 or 2 gene mutation. You can get a free, saliva germline...

Prof. Richard Wassersug tells me that estrogen therapy may be contraindicated if...

•4 months ago

Post SBRT Day 9 - 15

Continuing my reporting on my experience after 5 SBRT treatments with focal boost, Barrigel spacer, urethral steering to try and avoid GU side effects. I am...

Continuing my reporting on my experience after 5 SBRT treatments with focal boos...

•4 months ago

Short-term vs Long-Term ADT for High Risk Men

Here's a review of a recent presentation at ASCO 2023 by Artera.ai regarding the use of Artificial Intelligence analysis of biopsy slides to predict which...

Here's a review of a recent presentation at ASCO 2023 by Artera.ai regarding the...

•4 months ago

Managing OAB after proton RT

Hello everyone, This 73 year old treated an unfavorable intermediate localized PCa with 28 fractions of proton radiation, completed on Dec. 15th. Completed a...

Hello everyone, This 73 year old treated an unfavorable intermediate localized ...

•4 months ago

PSA 6 months after RT

Here is a review of a presentationby Dr. Ravi at ASCO 2023, regarding measuring the PSA at 6 months post radiation treatment, for all risk groups. He found...

Here is a review of a presentationby Dr. Ravi at ASCO 2023, regarding measuring ...

•4 months ago

Exciting Announcement

Malecare is the world's first patient advocacy organization to develop and publish GPT's in Open AI's Chat GPT (app) Marketplace! Indeed, we have five apps...

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A very famous Indian singer dies of PC

https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/music-maestro-ustad-rashid-khan-passes-away-dies-9101918/ Just 55 years old ;-( Was apparently...

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•4 months ago

given a choice about duration of ADT

Tall Allen and others. Clean PSMA, , 3+4, 3+4, and 4+3., biopsy. 77yrs old, hit gym daily but have significant side effects of lupron.. Being treated at...

Tall Allen and others. Clean PSMA, , 3+4, 3+4, and 4+3., biopsy. 77yrs old, hit...

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•4 months ago

Recovery of Testosterone

We all have heard about how long it takes to recover testosterone after you stop ADT. You probably also heard how age affects recovery time. The older you are...

We all have heard about how long it takes to recover testosterone after you stop...

•4 months ago

Estrogen vs ADT?

I've read 5 recent papers that discuss the use of estrogen as an alternative treatment to ADT (Lupron, etc.). The new data looks very favorable. A bit of...

I've read 5 recent papers that discuss the use of estrogen as an alternative tr...

•4 months ago

My decision on Radiotherapy -v- Prostatectomy

I hope this story might be useful to others. I'm based in the UK and had a PSA of 12.7 from a test in June 2023. That led to an MRI in August with a PI-RADS of...

I hope this story might be useful to others. I'm based in the UK and had a PSA o...

•4 months ago

After bicalutimide and a high testosterone level is pre treatment T just guess work?

Just turning to fellow travellers on our various journeys for some input/advice/ thoughts as I make a decision on how far to push to the SOC for my high risk...

Just turning to fellow travellers on our various journeys for some input/advice/...

•4 months ago

Genetic Testing?

Does anyone have an experience to share about getting genetic testing done on your biopsy samples? I'm interested in three tests: (1) a DECIPHER test, (2) a...

Does anyone have an experience to share about getting genetic testing done on yo...

•4 months ago

First Biopsy Experience

I'd like to share my first biopsy experience. This was a transrectal approach and he took 14 cores: 4 cores from a known 1.3 cm long tumor in the...

I'd like to share my first biopsy experience. This was a transrectal approach a...

•4 months ago

Brachytherapy Basics

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For those of you with the $20/month Chat GPT account

For those of you with the $20/month Chat GPT account, please test the following version of Cancer Copilot and tell me what your experience with it is. Here's...

For those of you with the $20/month Chat GPT account, please test the following ...

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Day 8 post SBRT

For those Brothers currently doing, or are going to do SBRT here is an update. I will likely do a weekly (or there abouts) update. I am on day32 of Orgovyx...

For those Brothers currently doing, or are going to do SBRT here is an update. I...

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Why ADT after Ray treatment?

OK, I'm sure there is a logical answer to this question but at present it is evading me. So for all of us who decide to take the ADT path for a few months to...

OK, I'm sure there is a logical answer to this question but at present it is eva...

•4 months ago

Long term ADT bone loss mitigation tips?

My post RP BCR was diagnosed 8 months ago when they said, "you will be on ADT the rest of your life". I am on Lupron and abiraterone 4 months now. I am...

My post RP BCR was diagnosed 8 months ago when they said, "you will be on ADT th...

•4 months ago

One month of Orgovyx completed

Just a quick update for those Brothers on, or considering ADT with, Orgovyx. Today I started the second month of my 6 month sentence. As of today I have...

Just a quick update for those Brothers on, or considering ADT with, Orgovyx. ...

•4 months ago

Rising PSA 1 year after RALP

I've been getting ultra sensitive PSA tests every three months. These are the last three scores: 0.015 0.017 0.026 (First PSA test after...

I've been getting ultra sensitive PSA tests every three months. These are the la...

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•4 months ago

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