Experiences with

Prostatectomy

Not sure his recommendations but I think the radical prostatectomy would be my best option. Any thoughts?

These were of particular interest to me: 1] "Debate: Does Radical Prostatectomy Have a Role in the Management of Oligomets?"

"Following radical prostatectomy there was a statistically significant increase in serum testosterone, free testosterone, estradiol, LH and FSH (p <0.0001), and statistically significant decrease in serum DHT (p <0.0001)" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9679896 At 4 months post RP mine was ~26 (8.4

"In men with node-positive prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy there are limited data on the value of adding androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) to postoperative radiotherapy."

If not PCa, could I be looking at lymphoma, caused by all the radiation I’ve been exposed to (8 weeks post prostatectomy back in 2016, in addition to this year’s LN RT)? After so many ups and downs over the past 4 years, I start to expect the worst.

TAKE-HOME MESSAGE •In this study, blood samples were taken from 37 patients with high-risk, localized prostate cancer at 2 to 5 months following prostatectomy to assess the use of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) as biomarkers. CTCs were detected in 30 of 37 samples.

Reiter, Urologic Oncologist and he suggested surgery using the robotic prostatectomy procedure.

During the first year, I had a nephrectomy, cystectomy and prostatectomy along with other treatments. After all that, the cancer had metastasized to my lung. I began chemotherapy and after a year, the tumors had diminished, but my remaining kidney was starting to have problems.

I’m post prostatectomy 10 years. I have always been around 0.01 or so PSA. After my last PSA test it jumped to a 0.05. In the week or two before the test I had a few sessions of receptive anal sex.. Has anyone else had a PSA rise from such activity?

Hello all, I am looking for some detail on what supplies i should stock up on at home prior to having my catheter removed after my surgery on 11-21-19. I have never had a catheter in before and have never had a leakage issue at age 66. Any advice on dealing with this side effect is appreciated. Been

Therefore, cancer-specific mortality (CSM) rates after radical prostatectomy (RP) ± adjuvant radiation therapy (aRT) vs. external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) were tested.

I have had a robotic prostatectomy complete removal. All tests say it was isolated and I wanted to have years with my family. I'm 51 and have 4 grown kids and a 6 yo and a 2.5 yo. Lots of memories and I didnt want to miss because of hospital visits.

Does Tricare cover a daily supply of cialis when the prescription is written as part of a daily regimen for post prostatectomy recovery? Thanks. G.

I truly appreciate any thoughts on my current situation: I had a prostatectomy seven years ago followed by radiation leading to an undetectable PSA for two years.

Has there been progress in technologies to definitively assess whether nerves have been "spared" and "healing" is taking place following a prostatectomy? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26256860

Has there been progress in technologies to definitively assess whether nerves have been "spared" and "healing" is taking place following a prostatectomy? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26256860

However, this was not practical for clinical reasons, as collection of sufficient quantities of periprostatic adipose tissue for the type of exploratory analysis described is only possible at the time of prostatectomy.

This large RCT found that early salvage radiotherapy (SRT) is not inferior to 'standard' treatment with adjuvant RT (ART) with respect to biochemical failure in patients with pT3 disease and/or positive surgical margins (SMs) after radical prostatectomy (RP).

KEYWORDS: Castration resistant prostate cancer; Primary tumor; Radical prostatectomy; Radiotherapy; Radium-222 PMID: 31601517 DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2019.08.009

Nearly 3 yrs ago I chose radiation over radical prostatectomy to halt aggressively growing cancer. My PSA following radiation is now down to .020. I am grateful to my urologist and to those who have advised me and executed an apparently successful procedure.