@jeffmarc See my profile & graphs for the details, but briefly:

After a RALRP in Feb.2021 & a PET scan in Oct. 2021 showed a spot in a lymph gland too close to my aorta for radiation, I went on Lupron & Abiraterone for 2.5 years (Losartan was added for the last year due to high BP). For that duration, my PSA was undetectable.

In March of 2024 my oncologist took me off of hormone therapy. For the first year thereafter, my PSA was still undetectable, then it began to rise slowly, stayed around 0.10 for six months, & then crawled up to 0.14 a month ago. My oncologist wanted to wait until it got to 0.20, & then do another PET scan. I didn't see the point of waiting, only to discover that the cancer was still in the same spot. Even if it had spread, how would that make a difference in my treatment? Since my prior experience with hormone therapy had been benign, I saw no point in letting the cancer grow further.

Unless something changes, I plan to go off hormone treatment in March of 2028.

Wash, rinse, repeat.

I'll report the current PSA when I get the results back from Mayo (probably Friday).