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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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Prostate Cancer

I am a 67 yr old, and I have been (within last week) diagnosed with Prostate Cancer. According to all my tests and scans, it is localized to the prostate...

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Deciding on treatment

Age 63, unfavorable State 2 based on biopsy, rectal exam. PSA 6.0 in Nov, now 7.4. Leaning away from surgery towards radiation, especially since I recently had hernia repair surgery...

Care Partner Asks: What Happens After a Radical Prostatectomy?

My husband recently was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He was told his was the fast-growing kind (4 on a scale of 5) and was an 8 on the scale of...

Newly Diagnosed and Confused

I’ve always had PSA/DRE with my primary doc and urologists, since 2013: 12/2013 2.74 02/2014 2.45 08/2014 1.86 12/2015 3.35 01/2016 2.2 Free .48 % Free 21.8 09/2016 1.97 08/2017...

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I don't like these odds

I was diagnosed in the summer. Biopsy shows cancer in eight of 14 samples on both sides of the prostate, according to my urologist, which seemed odd because a prostate...

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Chemotherapy experience

My oncologist is giving up on keytruda and is now recommending chemotherapy for my stage IV prostate cancer. My general impression of chemotherapy is if the cancer doesn't kill you...

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Radiation First week down

So last week I had the SpaceOAR rectal spacer and fiducial markers inserted. My Radiation Oncologist also put me on a prophylactic 50mg daily dose of sildenafil (Viagra) starting 3...

Lupron therapy

My oncologist has suggested that I have hormone therapy before I begin radiation. I have read about the side affects from the Lupron injections which have me on edge. Essentially...

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Do I have to get ALL the side effects ?????????????

Who out there seems to get a majority of side effects besides me ? I can't be the only one. Then again , I don't wish any of this for...

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