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Half of Prostate Cancer Focal Therapy Cases Were Inappropriate
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Aug 22 2:07pm | Replies (29)Comment receiving replies
@jim18
It can grow and show in short period of time - happened to my husband after RP. PSA started moving upward after 6 mos and at about 8 mos uPSA 0.16 PSMA showed clearly visible and multiple glands glowing. Aggressive cancers grow fast.
PSMA scans are not 100% reliable - micro mets are not visible until they start growing and I always cringe when patients say with 100% certainty that "cancer is contained". It looks contained but it does not mean that it really is - that is how and why BCR happens *sigh
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Yeah, at the time I was convinced that I had no metastasis with all the negative results of preliminary testing. I do wonder if perhaps the first PSMA wasn't performed properly. I have read where the PSMA pet scans are about 85% accurate.