PSA after SABR

Hello Alasdair 

SABR is like any other form of radiotherapy and works over time. Your lowest or nadir reading should be about 18 months after finishing the course.

Personally I would have hoped for a bigger initial drop. I assume you will tested every 3 months to keep an eye on it.

I wish you well with the future results.

Best wishes - Brian.

Thanks Brian. I will talk to my oncologist next week. However, I have been told that a drop of over 40% after a month is pretty encouraging (I'm holding on to this hope!)

Hello Alasdair 

That sounds fine in that case - I do hope you get a significant drop in the next few months, please do keep us up to speed.

Best wishes - Brian.

Hi Alasdair 

It has always been my understanding that you leave it for six months after RT finishes.

That is what happened to me and lots of others on here talk about a gap of 3-6 months after RT is over before doing a first PSA.

So I suggest push for one between 3-6 months and hopefully will be lower as 10.4 Def seems a bit high, so give more time 

Best wishes 

Steve 

Hi Alasdair , my PSA went up slightly just after SABR but that might be explained by stopping Enzalutamide about 2 months earlier. Certainly after 3 months it was beginning to drop again.  I think you are just too early to see results.  Hopefully the trend continues over the next few months.