Where Is The Prostate
Rising PSA after Surgery
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 prostate was removed but there is something in his body making his PSA go up and probably more cancerous cells in his body. Even though he feels fine, this rise in PSA is the only sign that his prostate ca...
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