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PSE Test for Prostate Cancer Before an MRI and for Re-Occurrence

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@delmar418

You're right. Pardon my confusion. The prostate is lased away into sections and extracted laproscopically through the urethra using a morcellator. The prostate is analyzed in pathology. The capsule of the prostate is left intact. I have had no radiation, or any treatment, or any diagnosis of cancer. My PSA after six months was 0.911

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jeffmarc | @jeffmarc | Oct 24 1:53pm

They did enough tests to determine that the cancer had not pierced the prostate? What was your T level. T2 or T3a or something else? Coming out of a total prostatectomy your PSA should not be .91, if it rises over .2 NCCN guidelines call for salvage radiation.

Maybe that procedure is so different that they can say it’s OK to have that high a PSA. I think it might be sensible to get a second opinion from an oncologist, preferably a Genito urinary oncologist.

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