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My step dad has recently been diagnosed with locally advanced prostate cancer. It has spread to his lymph nodes in the pelvis and a CT scan shows possible secondaries in a rib and in the bowel (but not confirmed). The oncologist has started him on hormone...
Hello Well a year and a half has passed since my radiation and I have now also completed two years of HT. I am pleased as punch but very apprehensive as I very much expect a biological recurrence at some point. Basically the grade and characteristics...
hello i am new here , sorry if not using forum correctly.. i have advanced prostate cancer, spread to bones . have had chemotherapy... now my psa is creeping up from 0.6 to 9 in a matter of weeks . they have started me on Xtandi...and i am really struggling...
Hi, everybody! I'm happy to have found you all :-) I won't take up much of your time, but I did want to introduce myself. I am a 61 year old guy, who had a very mildly raised PSA result. Despite being just over the recommended limit, my GP insisted...
I’ve had a letter from my urology consultant which says ”he has a very low volume Gleason 6 Pca with a psa of 5. The biopsy and MRI do not really correlate. The biopsy shows disease in the anterior portion of his prostate and we saw no abnormality there...
And finally Qu: are LHRH Analogues....enzalutomide and that group of 2nd generation hormone therapy?
Last week I was due to have a repeat biopsy, but it was canceled at the last minute by the surgeon. I was diagnosed in July with T2c Gleason 3+3, and the MDT recommended a repeat biopsy as the MRI showed a zone at Pirads5, which they think was missed...
From being really upbeat about everything six months post opp with PSA at undetectable levels my last four results have gone .05 , .07 , .11 and today I received my latest results of .24 . So I’m quite down beat at the moment as I feel I’m back to square...
So my transperineum biopsy came back I had 15 cores taken with only one showing low grade cancer Gleason 6. I had a meeting with my urology consultant who put me on active surveillance with no other treatment options. My question is should I get a second...
I was Gleason 4+5 =9 (therefore “aggressive” cancer but the bone scan and PET scan did not detect any spread. I’ve been in Hormone Therapy (6 monthly injections) since January 2024 and finished 20 radiation sessions in mid June. The result of first PSA...
