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Slight PSA rise 9 months after radiation.
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Aug 28 12:13pm | Replies (55)Comment receiving replies
Being active with prostate cancer webinars I’ve heard from dozens of people that have had radiation and have had their PSA drop below 1 quickly. Sticking above three seems to imply that there’s something else going on.
Ancan.org has advanced prostate cancer meetings for two hours every week. Go in there and tell him that 3.57-3.75 is a normal PSA for somebody 9 months after radiation. Their 10+ years of experience with hundreds of people will concur that something else seems to be going on.
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I will check them out, thanks!
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@jeffmarc It's great to share personal experience (e.g. "the people in my support group all had bigger drops than that, sooner"), but please don't make definite pronouncements based on a small set of anecdotal evidence, especially if it might cause someone unnecessary worry and alarm at what's already a difficult time. Most of us here aren't oncologists, and no one here is in a position to analyse test results and give a diagnosis for someone who's not their patient; all we can do is suggest questions for them to ask their medical teams.
@giordi Try not to let it worry until you've talked to your oncologist, who will consider your test results together with your other medical information and then work out a plan with you (which might just be "nothing to worry about, stay the course and we'll see where it is in 3 more months").