What is the maximum radiation dose you can receive treating prostate cancer before it significantly increases new cancer risk?Keep thinking that if you get radiation as first treatment and then mets occur and you have to get more salvage radiation... how much radiation can the body take? When...reactions3repliesNewly DiagnosedDiagnosis
lupron side effectswhat side effects from lupron injections do YOU have ?...reactions3repliesHormone TherapyCopingSide Effects
Post ADT symptoms, conditionsI'm looking for comments from other men who have had short term Lupron. Preferably without surgery. I experienced Lupron side effects for about 10 months after treatment: emotions and fatigue...reactions2repliesSide EffectsHormone TherapySymptoms
Should I be concerned?My first post. I am 62 years old. I was diagnosed with PC back in Nov 2020. My PSA was 8.4. My biopsy showed the cancer was limited to the...reactionsrepliesCoping
I am confused. Was my doctor correct?So, I got Dx in 2018. No signs or symptoms felt great, did my annual physical exam. I was told my PSA was 81. They did a biopsy and had...reactions1replyAdvanced Prostate CancerSurgerySymptoms
Life after prostectomy.I'll try to keep this short. I'm 63 and 2 years ago had 14.6 Gleason score. Biopsy positive. Total prosectomy performed. After surgery gleason dropped to .035, but gradually grew...reactions13repliesAwareness
prostate canceri have been diagnosed with a score on gleason scale as a 6 i concerned the have miss something i want to know if others with this cancer about scores...reactions1replyCopingAwareness
Life expectancy Through my research I have seen more than once that life expectancy is very similar for those who have been treated for prostate cancer and those who have chosen no...reactions7repliesTreatment
Blood in urineI finished my proton radiation treatment for my stage 4 prostate cancer in May 2020, and my hormone therapy continues quarterly til the end this year. I have had no...reactions2replies
Using frozen fraction (neurosave) during surgery for nerve sparing?A high standing surgeon at a top German clinic informed me that during the DaVinci surgery they do a frozen fraction of nerves (neurosave If I'm not mistaken) and they...reactions2repliesSurgeryDiagnosisTreatment