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PSA numbers after radiation with no ADT

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Apr 28 6:12am | Replies (25)
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There seems to be a lot of individual variability in PSA numbers. Your trend is a positive one and bounces are usually associated with better outcomes. Any reason why you are having tests so frequently? They are usually stressful events for most folks. I have decided to go to a longer interval between tests.

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bearcat998 | @bearcat998 | Apr 28 6:12am

My testing schedule was out of whack because of an initial error where the medical assistant scheduled my first at 2 months instead of 3 months. Since it was so soon I still had residual inflammation and I was one of the 10%-20% that rose immediately after treatment.
The the bounce which everyone was confident was a bounce, however the jump of 1.5 points was close to the 2-point threshold of bcr, so the went with every other month until that resolved. After last test showed a decent drop, next test will be 4 months. If that shows and drop it will be 6 months.
You are right about them being stressful. They are very stressful when psa drops are going as you want.

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