Experiences with

Conformal radiotherapy

Hey, Max73. You missed one . . . and one right up your AI alley! [i]Salcudean and Bashashati[/i][i]: "In general, AI tools learn from prior examples, so there can always be a question whether the results generalized correctly. Continuous re-training and improvement as we accumulate more data

Has anyone experiencing blood in their urine a few years after radiation therapy? My doctor attributes it to Radiation Proctitis, which affects the blood vessels in the bladder neck. If any of you are or have experienced this, was there anything specific that seemed to cause it (i.e. bowel movement

CAN-2409 is an immunotherapy drug currently in a Phase 3 clinical trial (PrTK03, NCT01436968) for individuals with intermediate-high risk localized prostate cancer. The trial, which is expected to conclude in December 2024, is evaluating the effectiveness of CAN-2409 in combination with radiation

Aged 60 when Diagnosed Stage 3 in December 2016 - dealt with using radiation Please see profile for further information. Chemical recurrence in 2020 - more radiation treatment plus Casodex Feb '22, Casodex dropped, so Decapeptyl only treatment since then. PSA has dropped from <0.08 in March 21 and

Steage 4, gleason 9, 49 at diagnosis pelvice mets and possibly more mets. Only signs were urinating blood guys n gore... 2.5ish years into adt, did chemo, dit radio therapy. PSA went from 20 to under 0.1 but as soon as went down it's only ever risen Slowly but constantly. This week I'm urinating blood

Hi all, I'm due to start radiotherapy in early December - 6 weekly doses at 36 gy to irradiate the prostate via tomotherapy. I was diagnosed in early July 24 when I was put on Degarelix (Firmagon) and month later, Enzalutamide (Xtandi). I'm hsMSPC (Gleason 7) and my PSA has dropped from 530 to 0.03

Hello, This is my first post, but I have found so much helpful information here previously. Thank you all for sharing your stories and your wisdom! My husband will be receiving MRI guided SBRT radiation treatment at UCLA in a few days. We just received the MRI results taken after the SpaceOAR placement

Background: Participated in two clinical trials earlier this year however they were unsuccessful and I was removed from them after 1 o2 cycles Reason for Hospitalization: Malignant neoplasm of prostate [C61]. Care, Treatment, and Services Provided: Kevin Klott is a 59 y.o. male from Gladwin, Michigan

After prostatectomy and radiation therapy, my PSA is increasing quickly though at only .13 as of a couple of weeks ago (see bio). My Radiation Oncologist is in no hurry to get me on hormone therapy. He says we can do a scan around .5 I'm wondering if I should be getting on HT now. How much would

I am overwhelmed by some many replies from you brave men who are suffering from this cruel disease and from the wife’s and family members who are supporting their men and from the Wives like me that have lost their Husband’s /Partner and understand how I’m feeling right now; so lost. This is a poem

A recent biopsy revealed a Gleason 4+3 with PNI and I have scheduled focal salvage cryoablation at Duke Cancer Center on December 11. This is a recurring cancer following primary radiation 10 years ago. The doctor there, Dr Polascik, will perform the procedure and is very experienced in cryotherapy.

Hi all My Dad was diagnosed with GMB stage 4 in his frontal lobe in mid September this year. It has been a scary, stressful, traumatic rollercoaster since then. Dad is currently on palliative care at home. Radiotherapy would only acerbate his symptoms. My Dad is an otherwise fit, healthy, positive and

We found out yesterday mums OC has metastasised to the brain. We don’t have a treatment plan yet although radiotherapy has been mentioned. Does anyone have any experience, knowledge or advice for this diagnosis. I’m devastated for my mum who has spent the last 3 years since diagnosis in relatively good

I am new here. Diagnosed 4+4 T3bN1M in June 2024. Started ADT in October. After 1st month PSA3.6. After 2nd month PSA 0.6 last week. I was hoping to achieve under 2 after 3 months so I am happy with the result so far. I do take a lot of other things apart from ADT because I don’t want chemo or radiotherapy

This paper should be of interest to any patient who had RT after his prostatectomy or is considering it now. It was of special interest to me, as I pushed for and got adjuvant IMRT at just 3 months after my RALP surgery. [i](Rather that the 6-month wait-period that was common at that time.) [/i]My push

A very important baseline study for those considering treatment options. This paper would have been very useful for a very good friend of mine who treated with Cyberknife RT several years back. He had severe radiation cystitis following the RT ([i]which failed to improve with hyberbaric treatments)[/

Hi all mom was diagnosed with NSCLC cancer stage 3B in September 2020. She had radiotherapy chemotherapy and immunotherapy and seem to be doing well. Cancer has been under control and we've had not too many issues. We recently found out that has three large tumours on her brain which arranging from

Metastatic Prostate cancer diagnosed in October of 2023, PSA = 45. (Please see my Bio.) On October 7, 2024, for the first time, my PSA was <0.05, which my provider called “undetectable”. This after completing chemo and radiation therapy and on-going hormone therapy with Eligard and abiraterone. I asked

Hi. I'm 55, female, perimenopausal. I was diagnosed with Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) in 2016 aged 46. No radiotherapy/chemo but lots of surgery. In the middle of this, I had a thyroid goitre appear, seemingly from nowhere. It was reviewed on US as slightly swollen thyroid lobes with multi

I want to shout out a great big thank you to all those who have shared their experiences, knowledge and opinions with me! It has possibly saved me from a big mistake. We’ve decided to do radiation therapy w/ markers and gel-spacer without hormones. ( as long as the pet scan shows it hasn’t spread) .