Prostate Cancer Patient Stories

Gary Cavallo

Gary Cavallo

  • Prostate Cancer
Gary Cavallo

At 73, I’m totally invested in my health and vigilant about keeping up with my doctors’ visits. When I went to my primary care physician in 2020, he alerted me that my PSA level was up, an indication that I had a problem with my prostate. I know the normal range is from 1 to 4. Mine was 5.2. “We’ll take another PSA down the road,” the doctor said. We did another one, and that was 5.6.

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Peter Grove

Peter Grove

  • Bladder Cancer
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Ureteral Cancer
Peter Grove

Nineteen years ago, just after I turned 60, I was diagnosed with bladder cancer. I had noticed some blood in my urine, and the first doctor I talked to told me not to worry about it. Then over the next few months it got worse, and I decided to go to Fox Chase Cancer Center.

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Todd Greco

Todd Greco

  • Prostate Cancer
Todd Greco

I’ve always been fastidious about getting my annual physical and bloodwork. Even in 2020, when COVID kept us all at home, I did a telemedicine visit. Of course, I couldn’t get bloodwork, but since I felt perfectly healthy, I just waited until my annual 2021 exam.

I was shocked when my prostate-specific antigen levels, also known as PSA, came back elevated; they’d jumped from less than 2 ng/mL to almost 9. I felt fine! I couldn’t imagine I had developed prostate cancer.

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Pete Serratore

Pete Serratore

  • Prostate Cancer
Pete Serratore

Believe it or not, my prostate cancer journey started with a tingly toe.

I turned 69 in October 2020, and soon after, my right big toe started tingling. I thought it could be an early sign of arthritis—I did martial arts when I was younger, which I figured could be the cause—so I went to see my doctor.

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