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Article: Imaging scans detect prostate cancer progression, stable PSA

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jul 4 1:47pm | Replies (6)
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@xahnegrey40 They do say it is mostly for cases of advanced PCa, which kind of makes sense.
Some of these variants do not even exhibit high PSA markets to begin with, so small rises might be interpreted as ‘normal’.
Phil

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melvinw | @melvinw | Jul 4 1:47pm

@heavyphil The study also involved a cohort of men who had recieved hormone therapy (both the ARCHES and PROSPER trials). So, the conclusions apply only to a specific subset of men with prostate cancer.

I have undergone both a RARP (2015) and salvage IMRT (2025), but no hormone therapy. My PSA is low (0.097 average post radiation) and stable. I wouldn’t bother with another PET scan unless my PSA started trending upward. That said, I know that PSA is not a perfect indicator, but in my case, it is probably the best indicator of disease progression/remission.

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