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Questions to ask the Doctor
by jerry189, Jun 01, 2008 03:37PM
Sir.....I have PSA of 14, was 7 three years ago. A recent biopsy showed cancer on the right side only and a Gleason score of 3 plus 3.......I'm seeing a VA doctor in a couple of weeks and need to know if I can wait til April of 2009 when medicare will be available to me. I'm interested in the Proton treatment at Loma Linda Medical Center in California, but don't know if I should wait. Any information to ask the Doctor would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Jerry
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Perhaps a new PSA would be in order. I am assuming that the goal of treatment is cure. This would require that the disease is still limited to the prostate (meaning no metastasis or distant spread). If the PSA is now in the 20s, then a bone scan would be a commonly used tool to verify if the disease has not yet spread to the bones.