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Can someone please tell us what the frequency of PSA testing is Post Prostectomy? My husband...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/735393/

Discussion: Living with Prostate Cancer: Meet others & introduce yourself

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Aug 8, 2022

IMHO, one of the problems with prostate cancer (PCa) is having doctors whose knowledge and skills...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/707301/

Discussion: Rising PSA years after radical prostatectomy

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: May 11, 2022

Hello, I am 4 yrs. post radical prostatectomy and 3 yrs. post radiation treatment. My psa's...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/686885/

Discussion: Living with Prostate Cancer: Meet others & introduce yourself

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Mar 6, 2022

I'm starting radiation next week for a recurrence of a .3 psa, 8 years post prostatectomy....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/682552/

Discussion: Lupron yeah or Lupron nay that is the question.

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 19, 2022

Hello, @fmcallister1954 Yes, it's scary when tests come back with a slightly higher PSA and I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/675598/

Discussion: Post prostatectomy: What do rising PSA levels mean?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 28, 2022

Hello, I had a radical prostatectomy July, 2013. I've had yearly psa test done and results...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/647363/

Discussion: Post prostatectomy: What do rising PSA levels mean?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 22, 2021

My prostectomy was 17 years ago. My psa level was undetectable until my recent test. It...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/643657/

Discussion: Post prostatectomy: What do rising PSA levels mean?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Oct 9, 2021

ok, now that I read his clinical data from your profile... My husband, 64 yr. old,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1510567/

Discussion: PSA now .04. What might be next steps?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 20 2:33pm

Hi. I have a different experience. Fourteen years ago my PSA was 92. Had radical prostatectomy....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1510464/

Discussion: What would you do if PSA stayed at 0.15 after prostatectomy?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 20 12:18pm

@billfarm Someone who has their PSA rise to .71 after a prostatectomy needs to get treatment...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1508772/

Discussion: First Chemo with Docetaxel done.

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Feb 18 10:29am

Hi just joined the group. After prostatectomy, nerve bundle, seminal vessels, and 35 lymph nodes removal...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1490737/

Discussion: AUS activation and riding a bike

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 26 2:54am

Basically earlier treatment gets labeled "salvage radiation" and is not triggered by rises in PSA but...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1490480/

Discussion: High-risk recurrence at PSA 0.1 rather than wait for 0.2?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 25 3:54pm

@larrypt3b It sounds like you need to go to a different doctor. Maybe you can present...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1489679/

Discussion: Anyone get PSA Test Angst days before that post-treatment PSA test?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 23 7:05pm

To be courteously blunt: There is NO decision - have the radical prostatectomy. I had a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1489372/

Discussion: Undecided Gleason Score 4+3=7 and PSA almost forty.

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 23 10:44am

@jeffmarc Yes, Jeff, they definitely missed it, and I did too. I always checked the numbers...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1484729/

Discussion: Frequency of PSA Test

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 17 11:40am

I’ve had prostate cancer for 16 years. I’ve had surgery followed by salvage radiation 3 1/2...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1481396/

Discussion: Post surgical PSA thresholds with BRCA2

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 13 12:36pm

I too asked "when" I would have a PET Scan if my PSA ever started to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1480532/

Discussion: The right time to start radiation post RP with an increasing PSA?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 12 12:09pm

Yes, PSA angst is awful!! I have been on the roller-coaster for 11 years now. After...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1478763/

Discussion: Anyone get PSA Test Angst days before that post-treatment PSA test?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 10 10:22am

There has been much discussion on this topic. There are a number of reasons why the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1477232/

Discussion: The right time to start radiation post RP with an increasing PSA?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 8 7:41am

@chippydoo Thanks for your question. I have elevated PSA (around 17), an enlarged prostate, and a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1476775/

Discussion: Open prostatectomy: How was your healing and recovery?

Support Group: Prostate Cancer

Posted: Jan 7 1:30pm

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