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Did you choose active surveillance? Why was it a good choice?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jan 15 7:40pm | Replies (62)
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@mariopetrozza

Hi im interested the same situation. 6 months ago psa went to .20 so did a psma scan and it's in one lymph node. Every 3 months blood work and another psma scan.psa went down slightly once now back up slightly to .36 doc recommend active servalance. Going for my 3rd scan Feb 21.not sure how to feel about this situation. It's in my pelvic area.anyone with this experience I'd appreciate feed back ty.

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Jerry | @jerryegge | Jan 13 11:45am

My experience is similar. Gleason 3+4 in 1 of 12 lymph nodes. PSA level tested every three months for past three years. My PSA has been < 0.1. I’m grateful.

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heavyphil | @heavyphil | Jan 14 8:50am

I guess your PSA says you’ve got something growing. I think you’d be a candidate for salvage radiation or at least SBRT to the node with something showing in a scan, right?
My feeling on this - and please understand that I am a very pro-active/prevention minded person - is that if something is actually large enough to show in a scan, how much more “might” be there that’s not showing?
Not trying to cause you alarm….but you did ask….

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arizobound | @arizobound | Jan 15 6:20pm

I'm surprised the doctor told you you could do active surveillance I had a lot of grief asking for active surveillance and mine is localized and it is not showing up on any psma scan.

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