Rise in PSA test

Litterlatters 1 month ago

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Hiya everyone,

My husband had a radical prostatectomy in January this year. He recovered extremely well and has been positive all the way through his recovery. His PSA results have been really good throughout the year. Today we've had the results from his last PSA test and it's gone up to 0.14. The consultant mentioned if it goes up to 0.2 then may look at having radiotherapy......This has now worried me. Could it have come back?

Millibob 1 month ago

Hello Litterlatters

A warm welcome to the Macmillan Online Prostate Community.

No - without a prostate it can't "come back" - it's possible that when he had his surgery some cancer cells were not removed - the prostate bed possibly?

His team are looking after him and if his PSA rises again the Radiotherapy should be able to kill of whats left for good.

If you follow this link there are some very interesting posts regarding the same issue-

community.macmillan.org.uk/.../psa-rising-after-prostatectomy

Best wishes - Brian.

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Litterlatters 1 month ago in reply to Millibob

Hi Brian, thank you so much for your reply, it's made me feel better.

The consultant said they will take further action (radiotherapy) if it reaches 0.2 (I think!) It's all like a foreign language to me!

Millibob 1 month ago in reply to Litterlatters