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Questions about Prostate Screening EpiSwitch (PSE) testing

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Nov 14 11:45am | Replies (15)
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@billfarm

Was hopeing for earlier detection even before the rise in psa so I didn’t let things get out of hand while on adt holiday.

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northoftheborder | @northoftheborder | Nov 4 12:46pm

As @jeffmarc mentioned, imaging might be more effective than that for earlier detection, since PSA is still the main part of the branded "PSE" test/

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jeffmarc | @jeffmarc | Nov 4 1:06pm

As @northoftheborder says, imaging might be more effective to find out what’s going on. If your PSA stays undetectable, then a PSMA pet scan probably won’t show anything, unless it’s quite advanced.

You should’ve had a CT scan and a bone scan early in your treatment. Repeating those tests every six months or so would show if there is a change that might not be detected on the PSMA pet scan. That way they can compare the scans to the previous ones.

Some doctors are doing PSMA pet scans even with low PSA, but not all are doing that

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