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Salvage radiation aftermath

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Salvage radiation is done to the prostate bed. They are unable to find anything in the vast majority of cases, If they did find something they would use SBRT to zap it. The most likely spot for cancer growth is the prostate bed and the lymph nodes in that area.

When I had my PSA dropped to undetectable for 2 1/2 years so it was the right spot.

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@jeffmarc you make some great points . You rub on your research - Great job ! Yes, when I got my Salvage radiation my PSA went to 0.010 . Almost nothing . That was about 2.5 years ago . Since then Ive hung around 0.050 - 0,031 . Dr's feel there is healthy cells in the Pelvic bed that was producing some PSA but both the URO and RO said they are not worried about it. I was also discharged from Victoria Cancer clinic ( so I loose contact with my RO there) , BUT he told me to keep in contact with URO . SO I see him every 6 months. Same opinion every time , "your a healthy hiking 62 year old enjoying life ,and have very few normal cell in Prostate bed" . I said how do you know they are not cancerous I asked them both several times. They both say 'we see this all the time, very low levels of PSA going sideways - typically this means normal cells did not get killed on in radiation..." Never been on ADT . Operation 6 years ago , Gleason 3+4 . I actually feel fine .Gene testing done - nothing found . Dad was a prostate guy too and passed away at 67 with it. Late diagnosis I think - although a chemical engineer , he didnt trust Dr's of any sort. Odd for such a brilliant man ! I have No leaks , ED a lot better over time . Here is a site for people on ADT . They are getting great results and help men with their symptoms. https://estradiolinitiative.org . It surrounds the use of Estrediol . Richard a friend of mine is one of the Dr's taking it and has been on ADT for about 22 years . Yep ! 22 years ! Amazing fellow ! Still is very healthy . ADT with estradiol seems to limit Cardio events as well . helps men with 80-90% of symptoms so says people that have taken it under Dr direction . Keep well Jeff .