I've recently been diagnosed with prostate cancer formed of urothelial cells which is the type found in bladder cancer. It's contained within the prostate gland, MRI and CT scans have not revealed any spread. I will be getting a PET scan and a high resolution cystoscopy to confirm it is still localised. It's rare and the experience of anyone with the same type is of interest to me. This type doe not raise the PSA level; the sign there was a potential problem was blood in my urine.
Hi Alang64.
A warm welcome but sorry that you have had the diagnosis that no one wants. I had a memory of a similar thread a few weeks ago and there was some very helpful information from others in a similar situation so have added a link to it. I have also brought it to the top in the hope that they might give an update which might help.
Hello Alang64 Let me wish you a warm welcome to the online prostate Community - I know you don't want to be here. I see you have already had a cracking reply from Alwayshope above.
I did enter "none secreting PSA" into the search function at the top of the page - this comes up with about 185 answers - some might be old threads, some the search engine has found by error but that information might be with a look.
I do hope this helps.
Best wishes - Brian.
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My husband is a non secreter as well so this adds an extra challenge in that you can't rely on the PSA to monitor whether there is a problem further down the line. In his case he has 3 monthly scans which have picked up when we have had to change treatment to keep the cancer under control, but he is T4.
From what I have read, provided your cancer remains confined to the prostate, a combination of treatments have shown a high cure rate, even though it is rare and aggressive. I hope your cystoscopy confirms this.
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