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What is a good PSA reading after High-Dose Radiation . . . You'll need a few PSA tests (every 3 months) that are fairly constant and use that to develop an average This is what you'll measure future PSA readings against The fact that your prostate remains is and what will cause the possibility of PSA variables, and uncertainty in this regard
Interpreting PSA Levels After Radiation Therapy Radiation therapy is a common treatment choice One critical post-treatment measure is the monitoring of Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) levels This monitoring helps assess the effectiveness of the therapy and manage patient care in the long run Understanding what changes in PSA levels indicate is vital
Part 4: Understanding PSA After Radiation Therapy That’s because radiation therapy – external-beam or radiation seeds (brachytherapy) – is designed to kill prostate cancer, not normal prostate tissue It doesn’t kill the entire prostate – and thus, PSA does not go away completely
Following PSA Levels During and After Prostate Cancer . . . PSA level as a tool to monitor prostate cancer Generally speaking, your PSA level should get very low after treatment But PSA results only give a limited amount of information, and sometimes doctors aren’t sure what they mean Before starting treatment, you might want to ask your doctor what your PSA level is expected to be during and after treatment, and what levels might cause concern It
PSA at 3 months after radiation: Should it be lower? Did you have ADT with your radiation treatments? If not, they say it may take 18+ months to reach target levels I had ADT with my 28 proton radiation treatments 3 months after the first 3-month injection, my PSA was at 0 008; it stayed there for 6 months after the 2nd 3-month injection Now 3 years later, it varies between 0 3-0 5
PSA bounce, prognosis, and clues to the radiation response First described in 1997 in the setting of low-dose-rate brachytherapy [1], this so-called “PSA bounce” phenomenon can lead to significant patient and provider anxiety out of concern for a
Characteristics of PSA Bounce after Radiotherapy for Prostate . . . As these radiotherapy modalities use different radiation sources, doses, and fractionation, as well as delivery techniques, they can exert different biological effects on the tumor and the prostate However, the characteristics of PSA bounce in relation to different radiotherapy modalities remain unclear