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Ultrasensitive PSA Test Post RP
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jan 10, 2023 | Replies (40)Comment receiving replies
You probably had the scan too soon. It usually won’t show the microscopic Cancer until PSA gets more around the single digit area. The treatment you are having will probably work if your microscopic cancer is in the area where they are radiating. It won’t work if the cancer is elsewhere. The drugs will keep your cancer dormant regardless of where it is at. You won’t know the success of your treatment until you stop it.
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This was my concern as to whether it has spread outside the postate bed. The answer I got was that they reviewed the scans and concluded it was the postate bed. When I had the surgery to totaly remove the postate, out of 13 lymph nodes, only one lymth node on the left pelvic had metasis of less than a mm. The Gleason score was 7a ( intermediate).
What is the bench mark of PSA level after surgery, combined radiation and hormone therapy for further treatment? I am yet to ask my doctor on the 19th of this month.