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It’s Been A 26-Year Long PSA Journey

Posted by brianjarvis @brianjarvis, Jun 23 3:52pm

(At 71y/o….) It’s been 26 years since my very first PSA test, 14+ years since I was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and 5+ years since completion of my proton radiation treatments.

I don’t spend much time thinking about my prostate cancer status these days - except on days like today. This morning, I had my 6-month PSA test. As usual, when MyChart indicated “you have new test results in your MyChart account,” I hesitated just a bit….”

But, the PSA result was good once again —> 0.366 ng/mL. So, I’m good for 6 more months.

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ou14mejc | @ou14mejc | 1 day ago

Awesome that your cancer has been under control for so long!

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edtrucks | @edtrucks | 15 hours ago

to brianjarvis, during the time you were on active surveillance, how many biopsies did you have (2012-2021) and what was the Gleason score that made you decide to have the radiation? Thanks

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brianjarvis | @brianjarvis | 13 hours ago
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to brianjarvis, during the time you were on active surveillance, how many biopsies did you have (2012-2021) and what was the Gleason score that made you decide to have the radiation? Thanks

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@edtrucks I has 4 TRUS biopsies across those years: Gleasons 6, 6, 6, 7(3+4).

When I started on active surveillance in April 2012, I made the personal commitment that should (1) my Gleason ever reach 7, or (2) my PSA ever reach 10, or (3) a biomarker test ever return unfavorable results, that I would then seek active treatment.

My PSA only reached 8.05. However, a Prolaris biomarker test indicated that I had “exceeded the threshold for active surveillance.” The Gleason 7 and the Prolaris test results were my cues to leave active surveillance and seek active treatment.

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