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@monte09
Hi,
If your PSA is starting to climb after several readings I would say a PET scan would be the next step. Since you did have radiation you will have some live Prostate tissue so your PSA test score could bounce around a little the settle down to a average level.

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@clevelandguy Thanks for comments. my PSA in May was .014 and I am due to get another test next week prior to 1 year Radiation Oncology follow-up. I was told that the side effects with Hormone treatment would be 10% compared to prostate removal or implants. That has not been the case...it's more like 40-50% side effect issue. The fact that after the 3rd shot, my hips started hurting was very troublesome and disabling to normal life...hard to walk. The bone density completed at mid-treatment was normal but Orthopedic Surgeon says Bursitis could be started. I am still going to request a PET scan because quick onset of severe side effects in bone and skin itching after 3rd shot is troubling. I was told prior to being diagnosed for Prostate Cancer that the increased PSA score after 70 years old is natural....then I was diagnosed with an aggressive Aden Carcinoma Cancer. I question everything.