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Post Prostatectomy 6 years. PSA <.01 until now. Anyone else?
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@jeffmarc
I had 4 MRIs (as the University told me they were the 'Gold Standard" for detecting early PCa)
3 different expert locations. All were PIRADS 2. No worries as my PSA was at 6, however stable. When the PSA started to rapidly climb that is when I learned I not only had very high risk disease but it had spread into the Seminal Vesicles. NOTHING ever showed up on any MRI. I would take a DRE any day over an MRI. Just my own experience.
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@tom86
I’ve heard the same thing about the DRE. People got tested and nothing was found, but they had prostate cancer.
It’s not infrequent that there will be a PIRADS 4 or PIRADS 5 and a more aggressive cancer is in another spot.
Unfortunately, at this point There are no real answers besides the PSMA PET scan, It won’t show exactly where but will show that the prostate has something in it.