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Rising PSA at 5 months post-RALP
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@clevelandguy
The problem is that most people who get PSMA pet scans after having surgery, and then having their PSA rise, Almost always find nothing. If they do have Mini metastasis, they don’t show up so they don’t know to treat them. That’s why they do salvage radiation so often. Same thing with radiation.
Some doctors will wait around until the PSA rises a lot, and they can actually see metastasis. You just can’t expect that PET scan to find them after initial treatment.
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@jeffmarc
I would think you get a PET scan after you have had treatment and your PSA is starting to rise again. Then take repeated scans until something shows. I never said that you should get a PET scan right after treatment.