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- PSA Level After Prostatectomy: What Does Your Number Mean?
A PSA test can screen for prostate cancer or show how well treatment worked Find out when you'll have this test, and what your results could mean
- My PSA is Rising After Prostatectomy—Am I Doomed?
Biochemical recurrence or rising PSA after prostatectomy should not be a cause for unnecessary anxiety
- Promising therapy if PSA rises after prostate cancer surgery
PSA should be undetectable in blood if the prostate has been removed, so elevated levels signify that the cancer may have returned Doctors call this a biochemical relapse, and ordinarily they treat it by giving radiation to the prostate bed, which is where the prostate resided before it was taken out
- What Is a Dangerous PSA Level After Prostate Removal?
After prostate cancer surgery, monitoring PSA (prostate-specific antigen) levels is a key part of post-treatment care PSA is a protein produced by the prostate, and after prostate removal (radical prostatectomy), its levels should ideally drop to undetectable levels
- PSA levels after treatment: All you need to know - PCFA
After surgery, the main source of PSA, the prostate, is removed and within 4-6 weeks the PSA is expected to fall to very low levels (less than 0 1) and often to an undetectable level
- Post prostatectomy: What do rising PSA levels mean?
Here's an excerpt from the article: "Seeing a rise in PSA level does not always mean that prostate cancer is returning or spreading The test is very sensitive and can pick up small changes in PSA levels Doctors will usually want to know how quickly levels of PSA in the blood are rising To find this out, a person will need to have regular PSA
- Q A: Rising PSA After Prostate Cancer Treatment | Prostate . . .
After prostate removal, if benign prostate tissue is left (for example, at the junction with the bladder or at the urethra) this can grow and cause the PSA to rise
- Why Is My PSA Level Going Up After Prostate Cancer Treatment?
A rising PSA level after prostate cancer treatment may indicate metastatic disease Learn its causes and how it's managed with hormone therapy, radiation, and surgery
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