prostate removed in 2001 / PSA

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hlife@lonelyplanet.com - 17 Jan 2006 10:54 GMT

Here is numbers gathers from blood test, of my father aged 74 years old.

14th april 2003        0.20
13th june 2003        0.22
02th december 2003    0.19
22th june 2004        0.40
06th december 2004    0.90
08th april 2005        1.24
16th june 2005        1.62
12th january 2006    3.02

Report free P.S.A. / P.S.A. total 11,3%

P.S.A. 3.02 ng/ml less than à 6.5

Here is my question, what do you think is going on ? i have the overall
feeling as prostate has been removed.. is there something to worry about
?
Any experience, advice, information, welcomed.

Thanks in advance for any answer,

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CancerDoc - 27 Jan 2006 17:09 GMT

Right now, it looks like his PSAV (PSA Average Velocity) is about 2.2,
meaning that at this rate his PSA is currently climbing over 2 points
a year, and could be expected to continue to do so. If your father had
a radical prostatectomy in 2001, the PSA increases over the last two
years would be worrisome to me. He should probably have a complete
metastatic workup (CT scans of the chest, abdomen and pelvis, plus a
bone scan, maybe a Prostscint scan) to see if he has recurrent disease.

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JoeC - 26 Mar 2006 19:26 GMT

I would get to a doctor right away, PSA velocity is high, i.e. how
long it takes in rise.

>Here is numbers gathers from blood test, of my father aged 74 years old.
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>Thanks in advance for any answer,

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