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Post Prostatectomy 6 years. PSA <.01 until now. Anyone else?
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@tom86 I don’t mean to sound too facetious, but since indolent, undetectable PCa cells can always be floating around in our systems, ie, uncured, isn’t the real measure of “beating” PCa that we live long enough to die from something else?
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Not quite. Due to low testosterone levels, these cells enter a low-energy state and smolder like embers. This is why prostates shrink in those who haven't had them removed.
The problem is that these dormant cells are invisible to the immune system. The only thing left to do is react to situations when they awaken and begin to grow.
I once heard the saying that cancer doesn't thrive in a low-acid environment and that you should drink wine before dinner and mineral water.
@waldo434
Actually, they are called dormant cells. They are sent out throughout the body before the prostate cancer is even detected. There is no known way to find them, though it’s being worked on. If there’s a lot of stress on the body, they can become active and cause the cancer to come back.
Wrote this before I saw @denis76 made the same comment.
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Certainly.