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Rising PSA at 5 months post-RALP

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From what I have read and others have stated the PMSA PET scan is better that an MRI at picking up micro metastatic cancer. A lot of times the PSA will rise before the PET scan can see it.

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Jeff Marchi | @jeffmarc | 20 hours ago

@clevelandguy
Micro metastasis are smaller than 2 mm So neither scan is gonna find them.

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