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Post prostatectomy: What do rising PSA levels mean?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: May 26 4:55pm | Replies (188)

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Interesting article, a little tough to digest before my second cup of coffee, but, if I'm reading this ;"American Society for Radiation Oncology)/AUA (American Urological Association) guidelines for adjuvant and salvage XRT after RP define BCR as detectable or increasing PSA that is 0.2 ng/ml or greater after RP with a second confirmatory level of 0.2 ng/ml or greater.15"

I wasn't even at BCR yet when we started the radiation....
I only got as high as .091 and there was no second confirmatory before they referred me to the RO. If this is still the current train of thought, I'm a little surprised the insurance co didn't balk at it...
As suggested though, I may have missed some other variable...:)

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Did you recently have RP? If so, did they find microscopic levels of PCa in the removed lymph nodes or anywhere else perhaps?