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Post RT 6 years after RP with Rising PSA now at .28.
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Oct 5 7:14pm | Replies (39)Comment receiving replies
@jeffmarc
Hi Jeff,
After undergoing 28 sessions of proton radiation therapy, I had my first blood test two months later. My PSA level dropped from 5.6 before the treatment to 0.03 now, but my testosterone level decreased from 406 to 13. I received two injections of Eligard before and after the treatment. The drop in testosterone to 13 is clearly due to Eligard suppression. In a few months, when testosterone levels rise again, will PSA levels also increase? Can the effectiveness of the radiation therapy only be confirmed if PSA remains below 0.1 even after testosterone levels return to normal?
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@lifutang
As you probably heard everybody is different. Your results sound great, but you don’t give us any idea what your initial biopsy showed. Your PSA wasn’t too high so it sounds like your cancer wasn’t too aggressive.
What was your Gleason score?
Did you have anything found in your biopsy like cribriform, Seminal vesicle invasion (SVI). ECE, EPE or intraductal? All of those can make your cancer more aggressive and can increase the chance of it reoccurring.