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Salvage radiation therapy after radical prostatectomy

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Nov 13 8:13am | Replies (90)

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At 0.26 , you're under what a PSMA Pet scan would pick up I think . What does doctors say ? Do they feel like there is stray cells in Pelvic bed or ? I had 22 sessions - no chemicals . Bladder wa funny after the 22 sessions for about 2-3 months , but that was about it . I went from PSA 0.14 to now 0.056 over the last year . it takes times for the external Beam radiation to work ....but it does . I had no PSMA Pet scan before my radiation as at 0.14 its too low to get accurate reading for scan . Dr's felt it was in prostate bed , some stay cells producing PSA . I recommend EBRT for sure at some point after surgery . Adverse effects are minimal.

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Radiation oncologist recommends 22 session of salvage radiation therapy to prostate bed. My PSMA PET scan was negative which was done last year.

Threshold to start salvage radiation is when there are 2 consecutive PSA readings above 0.2

Glad to know that you had minimal adverse reactions. Did radiation affect sexual function?

Do you know how many Gray (Gy) of radiation was used?
Thanks