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How long after EBRT does the PSA bounce around?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Dec 16, 2023 | Replies (20)

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Thanks Scotty . Yes I agree with you live life to the fullest ! I dont want to die as I have so much to live for . Im only 60 as well. My mother is 94 and in great shape .... my father passed at with PC at age 67 about 25 years ago . Thats why I am so hypersensitive to prostate cancer. Being his caregiver when he was sick with prostate cancer 25 years ago has stuck with me like it was yesterday. Scotty, I think because of the initial report you had in the file that your PC was aggressive ( or could be) that your doctor just went "pedal to the metal" with the radiation. Maybe that was a good move at the time. My Urologist and Radiation oncology in Victoria, both think that my prostate cancer is not that severe but I point to the 3 mm breach another factors (3+4 Geason) and I don't understand why they take it so lightly?. I only got 22 sessions of external beam radiation and that is on the very light side of sessions, of all the people I know. Anyway, I just got back from the laboratory at the hospital, and I had my PSA blood test. It will show up tonight or tomorrow on line . Pray for me and wish me luck. I need to get below 0.11 as that was my last reading, down from 0.14. I want to continue the slide downwards to unreadable, god willing. Take Good Care / Merry Christmas to all ! James

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Comment on number of radiation sessions: The total dose of radiation is being delivered in fractions, and to different areas.
My salvage radiation after prostatectomy was 66.6 gy to the whole prostate bed (WPRT) and 45 gy to the pelvic lymph nodes; 37 sessions; 1.8 gy per session.
Also PSMA Pet scans are less diagnostic when PSA is less than .2. And more definitive at higher levels, such as .4
Layman understanding.
Best wishes for a low, or stable, PSA reading.