PSA

[augusta298]

What it means when PSA Doubles in one month - from 21 to 43.8 ????

[sugardown]

Can you get to the Mayo clinic for treatment, they have cutting edge injections ?
As may others of course .  

[augusta298]

Had seed inplant 1998, hormone tx for 10 years, mestatased to L3 and some ribs in 2009(february, 5 weeks radiation, then chemon for 5 tx every 3 weeks as cancer had metstased to almost most of the spine, ribs, hips leg, knee, soulder, PSA kept going up slowly. After 5th tx PSA almost double from 21 to 43.8 -
Uncologist has stopped the chemo as loosing too much weight, very sick from chemo and will do another whole body scan and a cat scan of the inside organs. Afetr the last radiation tx had a lot of blleding from bladder and Urologist said could not have any more radiation. Uncologist wants to try radiation on the spine for pain control . What is ypu opinion??

[Ash Tewari, MD, M.Ch.]

Thank you for your question. Can you please provide more information about yourself. What is your age, what sort of treatment have you had for prostate cancer, any more details to help me answer your question.

In the short of it, a PSA doubling time of one month should be indicative of serious morphological changes in your prostate. With a baseline PSA of 21, I imagine you are already under the care of a urologist.

Sincerely,

Ashutosh (Ash) K. Tewari, MD
www.cornellroboticprostate.org

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