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10 months after brachytherapy seeing a slight increase in PSA
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You really need to wait for a few more tests to see what the PSA will do. It could be insignificant it could be signs that it’s starting to come back again, but it may just go back down.
Gleason 3+4 is usually very slow growing. Were there any other aggressive issues in your biopsy that you didn’t mention? If not, then this rise may mean very little. What is important is your doubling time not just a single result.
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@jeffmarc The docs told me should steadily decrease down to <.1 but I am aware of the possibility of a bounce. I was at Gleason 6 for 10 years and then it went to 7 with a slowly increasing PSA. I had always told myself that if it ever did jump to a 7 I'd do something about it. Decipher said it was slow growing and brachy alone should suffice. Same as the oncologists said.