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Slight PSA rise 9 months after radiation.

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Aug 28 12:13pm | Replies (55)

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My layperson's understanding is that the "normal" PSA baseline gets higher as men age. Also, 3.57 to 3.75 might be a normal variation from test to test (some of my other, non-PSA blood test results have been wildly different even from samples drawn on the same day and sent to different labs). I don't want to speculate further. Can you book a longer appointment to discuss with your radiation oncologist? If that's not possible, does your treatment centre have a patient-support line where you can talk with a trained oncology nurse?

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Always get your PSA Tested at the same lab . It's critical to compare apples to apples .
Different labs often have different results . Therefore you have no idea if your PSA is going up or down or is it just a different lab being used .