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Any other methods Better than PSA to monitor prostate cancer?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Dec 12, 2023 | Replies (35)
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@wellness100

Indeed other doctors pretty much say the same thing.
One slightly divergent opinion is liquid biopsy may find smaller prostate cancer cells. But then there seems to be no treatment that can destroy such low level. And given it is unlikely to cause any trouble, even if there is a treatment, is it worth it, giving consideration to QoL, etc.

Dont mind me. I am just another layman trying to make sense of the whole thing.

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seasuite | @seasuite | Dec 12, 2023

@wellness100: This is exactly the type of info I was looking for, like @msciulli comment to "check out Dr. Kwon’s (Mayo doctor) videos. I believe they are on YouTube and the Prostate Cancer Research Institute. He is a big believer in scans to monitor post treatment cancer." It is intuitively obvious that scanning should be a part of PCa analysis, post treatment, and PSMA PET scans are a good, albeit limited, first step.

I think we are all 'layman' on the MCC and free to say what we believe without any institutional bias. I am fortunate to have a friend who is a retired urologist and we can talk under strict 'cone of silence' as he's well known to all my current Drs.

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