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New Study Results Dangerously Oversimplified By The Media

Was watching the National News on ABC a day or two ago. One of the major stories was a "breakthrough study" regarding Prostate Cancer. They refer to a recently released...

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Diagnosed August, Surgery Jan 31st

Hi everyone. I'm a 68 YO who was diagnosed with Gleason 8 at the end of August, 2022. The biopsy revealed pretty much full right side involvement with nothing in...

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Reoccurrence

Question, I’m looking to see the timing anyone had for reoccurrence of prostate cancer? I was diagnosed in 2018, had surgery to remove the prostate. 2.5 years later the cancer...

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Side Effects of Lupron and Spacer

I'm 65 and recently diagnosed. I had the fiducials and spacer implant completed about two weeks ago. Had my first injection of Lupron about 10 days ago. I feel HORRID!...

Side effects of proton beam radiation

Major side effects loss of control of being able to walk or stand up...

Oxford survey

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2214122...

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Full bladder for radiation therapy

For those of you who have dealt with the challenge of maintaining a full bladder during radiation treatment sessions (as well as empty bowels/rectum), I’m looking for any tips you...

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urinary sling

I had the male urinary sling procedure done on Dec. 2nd, 2022. Here is my 3 month post op report. Background- Had RALP in June of 2020. PT for pelvic...

Prostate diagnosis and treatment

My doctor did s biopsy on my prostate and found 3 spots out of12 with cancer.Two were just 1% and one was 28%.He.wants me to do nothing but just watch...

Do you have experience with SpaceOAR Hydrogel?

SpaceOAR Hydrogel is a Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) based hydrogel that is designed to help reduce the radiation dose delivered to the rectum during prostate cancer radiation treatments. Radiation is a...

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