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By aggressive, you may mean small cell or neuroendocrine prostate cancer. It cannot be seen on a PSMA scan. Not only is it hard to see it is hard to treat. The few people I’ve known that have had it aren’t still around.
It is unusual to see neuroendocrine cancer. A very small percentage of prostate cancer patient get it. It is more common if you are on one of the ARSI or ADT drugs for 4+ years, But even in that case after four years there is only a 5% chance of having that happen.
It is possible that some of your cancer cells produce PSA and other don’t.