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Anyone had proton therapy after prostatectomy?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jan 31 2:31pm | Replies (22)Comment receiving replies
Thank you for sharing your opinion. I will let you know when my case reaches some resolution.
Just one more interesting fact: According to Google AI, the sensitivity of PET/CT PSMA for PSA ≥2.0 ng/mL should be 95-97%. And I have 5.97 and nothing... Perhaps this could be caused by a large number of small targets. However, this is probably not entirely common—otherwise, the sensitivity would likely be lower, as these cases would reduce it.
Fortunately, the process hasn't been too fast so far. I had RAPE in April 2017...
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@ivan222 I’m curious if you’ve had any updates on this since your post in this chat in Sept. In another chat I was asking about my husband’s PCa: after RP in Aug. 2025, first PSA test was only down to 1.5, rose to 1.9 2 weeks later and 2.0 by Jan. 2026. Asking for anther PSA on Tuesday so we can find out doubling time. We’re now looking at radiation (photons IMRT) 38 treatments Plus 6 months of ADT. So i came here looking for differences between photon and proton radiation. In the last month, husband has also has post RP PSMA PET, Prostate MRI, and yesterday a PET/MRI combination and none of them are showing anything. We feel we’re going in blind and “hoping” its in the prostate bed or surrounding LN, even though nothing is showing. I appreciate some of the responses here saying photons are used when post surgery to go through areas but am super concerned with more damage (UI not bad, left nerves not spared so Cialis and Viagara work part way but not enough -though not our main concern). Have your scans ever shown where the PSA is coming from?