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If you are thinking of Travel - Go For It.

Hello everyone, We're midway through our 10-week holiday adventure, and it's been quite a journey so far! From Japan to Finland, Turkey, and now Italy, we've...

Hello everyone, We're midway through our 10-week holiday adventure, and it's be...

Mike58

•1 day ago

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Advice - Surgery or Radiation?

Hi all, apologies for the long post, hoping to give as much info as possible. Background: Diagnosis: Unfavorable int-risk prostate cancer (T2a, Gleason...

Hi all, apologies for the long post, hoping to give as much info as possible. ...

Blue1320

•1 day ago

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3months Post-HD Brachytherapy

Follow up from my previous post & many thanks to the helpful advice from members here. I scheduled a teleconference with Dr Albert Chang at UCLA in November,...

Follow up from my previous post & many thanks to the helpful advice from members...

Muggs1

•2 days ago

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Need practical advice re:RRP for 76 year-old in fair shape

Hi everyone, My husband, just turned 76, is having a robotic radical prostatectomy on 5/13. He is (so far) Gleason 4+3, high Decipher score., clean PSMA. We...

Hi everyone, My husband, just turned 76, is having a robotic radical prostatect...

AliceinW57

•2 days ago

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How about Folic acid. i read prostate's have receptors that can help trigger cancer when induced by folic acid

I have taken 5 mg per day folic acid for the last 11 years to help reduce methotrexate side effects for my Rheumatoid arthritis and now have prostate cancer....

I have taken 5 mg per day folic acid for the last 11 years to help reduce methot...

DugEH

•3 days ago

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Long term SBRT toxicities

2 weeks post SBRT 5 sessions for low risk intermediate and the short term SEs have diminished, no longer taking the flomax and rectal issues were minimal.Are...

2 weeks post SBRT 5 sessions for low risk intermediate and the short term SEs ha...

pd63

•4 days ago

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Zometa and Calcium

I have started quarterly infusions per MO instructions. Should I discontinue 1200 mg calcium/25 mcg Vit D ?

I have started quarterly infusions per MO instructions. Should I discontinue 12...

alperk

•4 days ago

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What's next

I have been on AS since 2019 have undergone 3 biopsy's gleason 6 and 7 . Just got the results back from this years MRI at from Moffit in Tampa. Prostate...

I have been on AS since 2019 have undergone 3 biopsy's gleason 6 and 7 . Just go...

twoodogs

•4 days ago

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Is Vit-D bad for you?

I've read some posts that say VIT-D supplementation is bad for men with PCa. Does anyone have any papers or references that support this position? Thanks,...

I've read some posts that say VIT-D supplementation is bad for men with PCa. Do...

janebob99

•5 days ago

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Recently diagnosed and trying to work out what to do! All advice gratefully received.

I was diagnosed this week. Still in shock a bit as I am a fit and very active 58 with no real symptoms. I have a psa of 7.7. Gleason Score 3+4 = 7 one in 10...

I was diagnosed this week. Still in shock a bit as I am a fit and very active 5...

welshsky

•5 days ago

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Active Surveillance?

Hello everyone, I am 72 and have been on active surveillance for prostate cancer since I was diagnosed in August 2021 but probably had it prior to my first MRI...

Hello everyone, I am 72 and have been on active surveillance for prostate cancer...

ironmanburg

•9 days ago

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Newly Diagnosed

Hi. Thanks for allowing me into the forum. I was diagnosed on Monday that I have 2 anterior tumours. Gleason score of 7 (3 + 4) T3a. No cancer seen in the...

Hi. Thanks for allowing me into the forum. I was diagnosed on Monday that I have...

Tulile

•9 days ago

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Epstein's Opinion vs New Uro's

Hi folks, I had Epstein give me a second opinion on my last biopsy, which was at the end of 2022. The original pathology report stated the 3+3 diagnosis was...

Hi folks, I had Epstein give me a second opinion on my last biopsy, which was a...

PTvsPC

•9 days ago

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Success stories

Hello I was diagnosed with Gleason 3+4 in January and had surgery - clear margins and clear lymph nodes but worried and have a lot of anxiety about...

Hello I was diagnosed with Gleason 3+4 in January and had surgery - clear margi...

Granolaberry

•9 days ago

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What is done in this case ? ADT not working

In may of 2011 the PSA and Biopsy showed that I had an agressive cancer with Gleason 8 so my prostate was extracted and after this I received radiotherapy....

In may of 2011 the PSA and Biopsy showed that I had an agressive cancer with Gle...

Alfy47

•10 days ago

2 Replies

Enlarged Lymph Nodes on MRI and CT

Hello, new to this. Never posted before, hoping for some insight. Gleason 7 (4+3) PSA 6. Bone scan clear but lymphadenopathy in groin nodes (inguinal; iliac...

Hello, new to this. Never posted before, hoping for some insight. Gleason 7 (4+3...

Blue1320

•12 days ago

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EMBARK Trial: Combination-therapy is better.

This chart compares the risk of developing metastasis from prostate cancer, after 5 years from curative treatment, between three different arms of the EMBARK...

This chart compares the risk of developing metastasis from prostate cancer, aft...

janebob99

•13 days ago

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Testosterone Recovery: Orgovyx vs Lupron, Part-II

Here's another plot summarizing data from a 2020 paper in the New England Journal of Medicine by Neil Shore, et al. that shows Orgovyx has much faster "ON"...

Here's another plot summarizing data from a 2020 paper in the New England Journ...

janebob99

•14 days ago

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Testosterone Recovery: Orgovyx vs Lupron, Part-I

Here's plot from a 2020 paper in the New England Journal of Medicine by Neil Shore, et al. that shows Orgovyx has much faster "ON" and "OFF" changes in...

Here's plot from a 2020 paper in the New England Journal of Medicine by Neil Sho...

janebob99

•14 days ago

3 Replies

Catheter removed today!

Hi, this is my first post. My husband had his catheter removed today at 9am following his robotic prostatectomy (Retzius sparing) on April 9th. He hasn’t...

Hi, this is my first post. My husband had his catheter removed today at 9am foll...

AstroFish

•15 days ago

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SBRT 5 sessions finished today

5 sessions all complete for my low risk intermediate pc at Christies Manchester UK today.Started flomax yesterday for some urinary urgency hopefully that will...

5 sessions all complete for my low risk intermediate pc at Christies Manchester ...

pd63

•17 days ago

4 Replies

Interview request: $120 to you

A project from Malecare's colleagues in the UK : Prostate Cancer Research is determined to provide a better future for people affected by prostate cancer by...

A project from Malecare's colleagues in the UK : Prostate Cancer Research is d...

Darryl

Partner•17 days ago

1 Reply

My prostate history

In 2020 at age 66 years I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. DRE was negative. TRUS Prostate biopsy positive: Gleason score 7 (3+4) left lateral base, Gleason...

In 2020 at age 66 years I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. DRE was negative. ...

BobDad

•18 days ago

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Anybody experience post treatment bowel issues after being ok prior ?

Brachytherapy seeds early November , LINAC radiation boost ending early Jan .. ADT ending beginning March.. had space ore ..was totally ok except for urgency...

Brachytherapy seeds early November , LINAC radiation boost ending early Jan .. A...

Yokohama2023

•19 days ago

6 Replies

Yale New Haven

will have prostatectomy. Considering Yale New Haven, as I’ve been seeing a urologist in the network for the past few years. Would like to know about the...

will have prostatectomy. Considering Yale New Haven, as I’ve been seeing a urolo...

Zingoman

•19 days ago

2 Replies

Finasteride

What are the latest findings on the effects of Finasteride on prostate cancer? Thank you in advance

What are the latest findings on the effects of Finasteride on prostate cancer? T...

AMT4566

•19 days ago

8 Replies

Opinions on my 2nd MRI results

Hello, I just received the results from 2nd MRI (results below and photos in reply), previous one was from Jan/2023 (results in bio). Having been on these...

Hello, I just received the results from 2nd MRI (results below and photos in re...

Maximode

•19 days ago

22 Replies

Urinary incontinence post surgery

One month post daVince robotic prostatectomy. 70 years old. Active (could exercise more) Catheter removed day 8. Persistent incontinence. Doing Kegel...

One month post daVince robotic prostatectomy. 70 years old. Active (could exerci...

HerbalGrower

•20 days ago

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salvage radiation after surgery?

Hi - Shouldn’t I be doing salvage radiation or chemotherapy now? I had my surgery February 25 and Doctor wants to wait for first PSA iat end of May. However...

Hi - Shouldn’t I be doing salvage radiation or chemotherapy now? I had my surger...

Granolaberry

•21 days ago

7 Replies

Month 5 of ORGOVYX

After radical prostatectomy and radiation treatment, I’m now on ORGOVYX and my testosterone has decreased from 672 to 11. I’ll be coming off the medication...

After radical prostatectomy and radiation treatment, I’m now on ORGOVYX and my t...

BettyandBob

•21 days ago

21 Replies

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If you are thinking of Travel - Go For It.

Advice - Surgery or Radiation?

3months Post-HD Brachytherapy

Need practical advice re:RRP for 76 year-old in fair shape

How about Folic acid. i read prostate's have receptors that can help trigger cancer when induced by folic acid

Long term SBRT toxicities

Zometa and Calcium

What's next

Is Vit-D bad for you?

Recently diagnosed and trying to work out what to do! All advice gratefully received.

Active Surveillance?

Newly Diagnosed

Epstein's Opinion vs New Uro's

Success stories

What is done in this case ? ADT not working

Enlarged Lymph Nodes on MRI and CT

EMBARK Trial: Combination-therapy is better.

Testosterone Recovery: Orgovyx vs Lupron, Part-II

Testosterone Recovery: Orgovyx vs Lupron, Part-I

Catheter removed today!

SBRT 5 sessions finished today

Interview request: $120 to you

My prostate history

Anybody experience post treatment bowel issues after being ok prior ?

Yale New Haven

Finasteride

Opinions on my 2nd MRI results

Urinary incontinence post surgery

salvage radiation after surgery?

Month 5 of ORGOVYX

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