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Side effects and PSA after photon radiation.

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Given you’re a Gleason 7 with negative PSMA scan, it is a bit of a head scratcher. For reference, I was a 4+3 with a psa of 17.5 and two and a half months after treatment I was a 4.33.

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| @ozelli | I looked at your post on Apr 24 4:50am, which was as follows:

Just an update for those readers who may have had proton bean therapy. I am by no means out of the woods but it does seem to take at least, in my case 2 years (or hopefully more) to get to one's nadir.

My numbers were:

Radiation Type: Proton Beam

Number of Sessions: 21

Last PSA before treatment: 17.53

[2-1/2 months post Tx: 4.33} updated today Sep 4]

3 months post Tx: 4.11

6 months post Tx: 2.47

9 months post Tx: 1.83

12 months post Tx: 1.22

15 months post Tx: 0,94
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21 months post Tx: 0.60

24 months: ?

Are you able to update for 24 months, even 27 months post Tx? Although I had SBRT in April 2025, wth Orgovyx starting March 26, I am very interested in your PSA readings two years and more after your treatment. Did your oncologist say you have reached your nadir yet. I was 0.36 2-1/2 months post Tx. If my PSA drops to < 0.1 in October, my second blood draw since April, I will seriously consider if I can stop Orgovyx by then. My RO said last April I may be on ADT 8 months to a year, but last July she said maybe I can stop after 6 months. I was wondering why the big change in her assessment of how long I need ADT? But then, well, I am encouraged that you had no ADT at all and you are doing very well. Thanks.