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Rising PSA years after radical prostatectomy

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Mar 5 7:14am | Replies (206)

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@colleenyoung

Welcome, @zj69. Rising PSA is a common concern among members here. For that reason, I moved your questions to this existing discussion so you can read previous posts and connect with members easily:
- Rising PSA years after radical prostatectomy https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/rising-psa-2years-after-radical-prostatectomy/

I agree with @web265 that interpreting your pathology results is out of the league of fellow prostate cancer survivors. I also agree with the tips he shared with you here: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/772319/

You ask the questions on everyone's lips:
1. is it curable after reoccurring?
2. Life expectancy rate: How many years can you survive?

I hate to be the one to tell you that you'll never get direct answers to those questions. Oncologist rarely use the word "cure". Cancer goes into remission. You can live with it. These are more likely the responses you'll hear.
While some might give you a statistical response to your query about how many years, but that is a population-based answer. Your doctor may have a better guesstimate based on your diagnosis, personal health status and existence or absence of other conditions. But it is only that - a guesstimate.

You are in good hands at UHN in Toronto. What treatments, if any, are being recommended after surgery?

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Thanks, Colleen, for your response. I was asked to go for a PSA test every three months next test will be on Jan-23. If it is >0.2, I will go for a PSMA test to see if they can find it. They are expecting near the prostate bed. My surgical margin was negative. But I had one regional pelvic left lymph node and EPE in my pathology. So I do not know yet but sure going for RT.