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Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jul 3, 2023 | Replies (20)

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Like you I had reccurrence 3 years after RP. PSA slowly rising from 0.02 now at 0.31. I had pet/PSMA scan at PSA 0.22 a suspicious finding was noted in a lymph node,I was advised to follow with PSA tests and repeat pet/psma scan at 0.4. after doing much research I decided not to wait until 0.4 but repeated the scan at 0.26 which confirmed the previous suspicions with the infected lymph node. I will be starting 6 month eligard injection followed by radiotherapy 25 imrt/vmat to whole pelvis with additional sessions of SBRT to infected node.
I think it helps when adding the information from the pet scan as you can then receive targeted therapy to the relevant infected sites

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Totally agree. Better to have the rifle rather than the shotgun approach when it comes to Salvage Radiation. The great uncertainty is whether the PET scan will pick up the cancer at a PSA of .220 or .260. Like you I was fortunate that the PET scan picked up my cancer when my
PSA was at .370