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PSA numbers after radiation with no ADT

Posted by ozelli @ozelli, Apr 5, 2024

I tried to get a thread started about people who had radiation without ADT but often the thread got jumbled with input from people who had radiation and ADT.

I would like to hear from those who had radiation and no ADT. Just for ease of reading, if you could use the same format below, that would be appreciated.

One study of a few thousand men who at the 6 month mark had an average PSA of 2.2 (so I was a little higher than average at that point).

My numbers were:

Radiation Type: Proton Beam

Number of Sessions: 21

Last PSA before treatment: 17.53

3 months post Tx: 4.11

6 months post Tx: 2.47

9 months post Tx: 1.83

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ozelli | @ozelli | Sep 15 10:19pm
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ozelli,
Seems your numbers are good going down.

I did not have hormone treatment either. My PSA started at 3.75 (Yes normal but was rising steadily for several years). I at the post treatment mark now at 2.6 years. My last PSA was .10

My Mayo PCP said the Mayo Jacksonville lab does not give PSA numbers below .10 as with their lab considered undetectable. I know many other labs are different so just passing on what my PCP stated.

My UFHPTI R/O stated to me their goal was a below 1.0 PSA maintained. I was told I would have bumps and completely common and do not mean anything unless continue to bump up.

I would have had hormone treatments if my risk level of intermediate had been kept. But I had Decipher and came back as low risk so my risk level was reduced to low which did not come with hormone recommendation from my Mayo R/O nor UFHPTI R/O.

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Congrats JC…yes, that is as good as it gets. I think 0.2 is also pretty much considered cured. Was watching a seminar on YT yesterday and the presenter said something to the effect of under 0.3 and only 3% of those folks have BCR within 10 years. Might have been under 0.5….cant remember exactly. Anyway, it was positive to my ears at least.

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jc76 | @jc76 | Sep 17 5:36am
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I was tested in June 2925?and I was at 3.0. Both doctors on team were happy and said the hope for nadir at about 36 months.

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@bearcat998
I am sure you meant June 2025.

My last PSA 2.5 years after radiation treatment was .10

My PCP told me that Mayo Jacksonville lab does not list anything below -.10 as considered non detectable by their lab. Some other labs do give numbers below .10 so just relaying Mayo Jacksonville.

The goal of UFHPTI was for me to stay below 1 stressing would have bumps but most important was continued rise in PSA not an occasionally bump

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ozelli | @ozelli | Sep 17 3:12pm
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Congrats JC…yes, that is as good as it gets. I think 0.2 is also pretty much considered cured. Was watching a seminar on YT yesterday and the presenter said something to the effect of under 0.3 and only 3% of those folks have BCR within 10 years. Might have been under 0.5….cant remember exactly. Anyway, it was positive to my ears at least.

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Checked that video transcript and what the doc actually said was if you go 5 years without NCR, only 3% experience it after that time point. Sorry for the misinformation.

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