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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / January 2005psa after surgery
A month after radical prostate surgery my psa test was 1.0. A month later it is .7. doctor said all of prostate was removed and in one piece. all tests surrounding surgical area were negative, but prostate was greatly enlarged. Gleason was level 5 and small amount of cancer cells were found in center of prostate. We will be watching psa levels every 3 months, if level rises doc suggests hormone treatment. I am 65...has anyone had similar symptoms? > A month after radical prostate surgery my psa test was 1.0. A month later it > is .7. doctor said all of prostate was removed and in one piece. all tests > surrounding surgical area were negative, but prostate was greatly enlarged. > Gleason was level 5 and small amount of cancer cells were found in center of > prostate. We will be watching psa levels every 3 months, if level rises doc > suggests hormone treatment. I am 65...has anyone had similar symptoms? You will get more information at alt.support.cancer.prostate. Unfortunately there are too many men with similar symptoms and in the same situation. Did your urologist explain your other options before you had the surgery? Did your urologist explain to you the risks of surgery? Anyone who has read Dr. Hennenfent's new book would have avoided this situation. Regards, Everett One month after an RRP is too early for a meaningful PSA reading. My uro at UCLA Medical Ctr says wait 3 months minimum. It should be below 0.1 after that given your statistics. I had radical prostate surgery june 2002. for 2 years my PSA was 0.1. My checkups were every 3 months after one year post then every 6 months thereafter. I just had an exam in Dec and PSA was 0.3 at 2 labs and 0.4 at the hospita lab. Although my uro was not concerned, he put me back on every 3 months (going in March) and if PSA rises again I am going in for a bone scan. I too, am concerned. I don't have Any aches or pains, feeling fine until I heard this news. >A month after radical prostate surgery my psa test was 1.0. A month later >it [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > doc > suggests hormone treatment. I am 65...has anyone had similar symptoms?
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