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Frequency of PSA Test

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jan 18 7:24am | Replies (48)
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@brianjarvis Are you in 6 month cycles now? May I ask if you recall what your Gleason score was, and did you have RP or radiation treatment after diagnosis? 5 years is great to hear. It can happen, but definitely not the norm so you are among the luckier ones (about one in four I believe, according to the data, for aggressive non-metastatic disease).

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brianjarvis | @brianjarvis | Jan 12 2:23pm

@tango32652 We just had my first 6-month PSA test in December. (I’ve tracked all my PSA tests; see attached.)

My Gleason at the start of treatment was 7(4+3); I had 28 fractions of proton beam radiation (during April-May 2021) + SpaceOAR Vue + 6 months of Eligard.

I listened to a recorded webinar last week where the urologist mentioned, “following primary radiation…..if a patient has not experienced a biochemical recurrence by 5 years, the chance of developing a distant metastasis after that across all risk groups is only 3%”.

So, my next PSA test (in June) will be just after the 5-year mark.
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