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Wednesday, November, 25, 2009
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Rising PSA after Surgery

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A 62-year-old patient had surgery to remove his cancerous prostate gland about 6 years ago. Two years after surgery his PSA started to rise and now his PSA is 4.6 ng/ml.   I hate to say it but, it is clear that this patient has failed surgery and has "biochemical failure." In other words, his ...
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    Anonymous
    Tuesday, June 02, 2009 at 05:10 PM

    I am a 76 yearold man who had radical prostate surgery in 1992. I had a rising PSA (8) in 2001 and finally underwent a orkeectomy ? . In jan 2009 my psa rose to 8.5. Two weeks later 12.5. Two weeks later 14.0. Eight weeks later psa 20. All tests scans and cts are negative.

     

    What is your best guess?

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