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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / January 2004Is this normal?
I went the brachytherapy route on 11/22/02. PSAs 11/22/02 5.1 02/20/03 1.5 05/26/03 1.0 08/18/03 0.7 11/18/03 1.2 Doc says "we'll check again in 3 months." Normal? Thanks, Remove TIE to reply. http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-billslitterbox I would not say 'normal', but I would not get too worried yet. The 2/20, 5/26, and 8/18 would be, I would say, exactly what you are looking for as far as direction. The hope is that the PSA will go down to a certain level after a year or two and just kind of stay at that level (nadir) for 30-60 years. Going up is not what you want it to do. Especially going up 71%. I suspect that if you go up again next time, you'll be on hormone treatment of some sort. It's not the end of the world, especially if you're in your latter 60s or 70s (which you did not report).  SignatureProstate Cancer Survivor (so far), not a doctor PSA 16 10/17/2000 @ 46 Biopsy 11/01/2000 G7 (3+4), T2c RRP 12/15/2000 PSA .1 .1 .1 .3 .4 .8 EBRT 05-07/2002 @ 47 PSA .3 .2 .2 .2 .3 Erection 05/12/2003 @ 48 HTbegins 07/21/2003 @ 48 PSA .1 Lupron 7/03, 8/03, 12/03 > I went the brachytherapy route on 11/22/02. > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-billslitterbox Going up is not what you want it to do. Especially going up 71%. I suspect >that if you go up again next time, you'll be on hormone treatment of some >sort. It's not the end of the world, especially if you're in your latter >60s or 70s (which you did not report). Sorry...74 Remove TIE to reply. http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-billslitterbox No apology necessary. I guessed it pretty close. SignatureProstate Cancer Survivor (so far), not a doctor PSA 16 10/17/2000 @ 46 Biopsy 11/01/2000 G7 (3+4), T2c RRP 12/15/2000 PSA .1 .1 .1 .3 .4 .8 EBRT 05-07/2002 @ 47 PSA .3 .2 .2 .2 .3 Erection 05/12/2003 @ 48 HTbegins 07/21/2003 @ 48 PSA .1 Lupron 7/03, 8/03, 12/03 > Going up is not what you want it to do. Especially going up 71%. I > suspect [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-billslitterbox > I went the brachytherapy route on 11/22/02. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Normal? I think there is quite a lot of variation in these things. It would be better if it were continuing its decline, but I understand the process of cancer cells dying off usually takes something like two years. > Thanks, > > Remove TIE to reply. > > http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-billslitterbox Hi Bill...It may well be psa bounce. Search that term in PubMed and you'll get some good info...Best wishes and good health, Ron > I went the brachytherapy route on 11/22/02. > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-billslitterbox >Hi Bill...It may well be psa bounce. Search that term in PubMed and >you'll get some good info...Best wishes and good health, Ron Thanks, Ron, and to the others that responded with a couple of good sites. Remove TIE to reply. http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-billslitterbox |
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