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SCINTIX A very intresting treatment mode

In a meeting of peer support volunteers yesterday, we were told that this machine will be installed at our facility in June. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ6kVFwZ1jI...

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HIFU experience from others

Hey All 64 and recently diagnosed with Stage 1/Gleason6 confined to prostate. Urologist here in Spokane WA says I am good candidate and he has done over 200 procedures. Curious...

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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...

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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