When does treatment end?

Hi Seamus and welcome

Only joking,.  My RT finished March 2017, after 1st year PSA test went to annually via the GP and the hospital would phone for the result. So 2022 will be the last time for this procedure.

Then PSA will be at the GP and only contact the hospital if the result starts going in the wrong direction.

I didn't ask how long for in that routine but I kind of assume indefinitely. 

All the best

Steve

I've always arranged things through my GP.

Do you think maybe  they are arranging a follow-up appointment clinic with you, and want to ensure you have a 'fresh' PSA prior to that?

Different consultants 'discharge' you at different stages. I was discharged from the 'clinic list' at the end of my radiotherapy, and saw a different consultant the one time  my GP queried something, as if I was a new patient.

My 'three year sentence' of Zoladex (similar to Prostap) started with my RT, as I was on tablets for a few weeks before that, and didn't count them, so there was no confusion about when it would finish.

If in doubt, best to contact the specialist nurse or the radiotherapy department: worth doing if you think there may be some misunderstanding about HT end date.

The PSA monitoring regime - yours sounds very sensible - is a quite separate matter. Although RT is often given as a 'curative' treatment (depending on the extent of the PCa at the time), it does not cure in 100% of cases, and if it does recur, it could be soon or many years later: monitoring is a wise precaution.