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one year post radiation advice
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@jeffmarc
Jeff, PSA is .28 up from ,27 six month age. SUV in the prostate isn't concerning? If you take out the node does that prevent metastasis or if it is in the node does that mean that it has already escaped the prostate and is in the bloodstream. Is sooner better?
Thank you.
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@gently
Going to .28 from .27 is really a non-issue. PSA can jump around. There’s no question about that happening frequently for people.. Since you started off with radiation, they usually don’t want to do anything until your PSA rises two point points above the minimum. I’m not saying all doctors feel this way, but that is the Documented procedure.
A PSE test at this point would make no sense at all. That test is to determine whether or not you have prostate cancer and need a biopsy. You are way beyond that.
Now a decipher test would make a lot of sense. That would tell you your chance of having a reoccurrence in the next five or 10 years.
You did say that they determined that that node was not cancerous. Very unlikely they’re going to do anything about it. They zap what lights up on me PET scan not what doesn’t light up.