Interesting u tube, things are changing rapidly it would seem

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Posted 18 Feb 2024 at 20:36

https://youtu.be/w3YhBVaMftw?si=rRyU2AzWyuuoWMnN

Talks about the impact of PSMA on staging and treatment of micro metastatic disease.

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Posted 19 Feb 2024 at 07:41

Franci, thanks well worth a watch.

Thanks Chris

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Posted 19 Feb 2024 at 08:11

Very informative, but as a Gleason 9, not enough laughs in it for me.

Joking apart, what are the cost implications, everything comes down to money.

I remember seeing this on the news 6 months ago, and thinking great stuff, but when is it going to happen?

https://www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-66507893.amp?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17083303305183&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com

Then I saw another link relating to a similar trial that was done 4 years earlier!

https://www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50249857.amp?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17083318275628&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com

Edited by member 19 Feb 2024 at 08:50 | Reason: Link

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Posted 19 Feb 2024 at 21:16

Thanks francij1,

I've just watched it and found it useful, especially the encouragement to press for a PSMA scan and to negotiate with Consultants about what any proposed treatment will actually offer in terms of future quality of life.

Thanks for sharing.

JedSee.

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Posted 20 Feb 2024 at 16:49

I often wonder where dh would be now had they done a psma scan at his first diagnosis. But they don’t offer it. Psa was 3.7 and apparently Gleason 3+3. He obviously had it in the lymph nodes all along. It took 5 years before his psa went up after brachytherapy, the fact there is no cancer in prostate now tells us it was in the nodes all along.

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