Clean scan

[Chris52981]

My dad is having his Axumin scan tomm. The RO said he expects the scan to

Be clean, his last hormone Tx was given July of 2017 and he reached his nadir a year after his first shot. His PSA now is at 2.89 that is why he is receiving scan. My question is why would the RO say he expects the scan to be clean? I’m

Hoping for this obviously but just want to get others input.

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I like an optimistic Doctor .. good luck for your father!

[Tall_Allen]

There are several possible outcomes:

1) no distant metastases

2) distant metastases

3) no pelvic lymph node metastases

4) pelvic lymph node metastases

5) no cancer in prostate

6) cancer in prostate

Let us know what the outcome is.

[Chris52981 in reply to Tall_Allen]

Thank you will do has anyone else had an Axumin scan with a psa at around 2.89

[dhccpa in reply to Chris52981]

Yes I'm having my third today in 2 years

[Chris52981 in reply to dhccpa]

How do they go for you

[dhccpa in reply to Chris52981]

I'll post as soon as I have results. I'm metastatic and have been on Joe's and partly Jane's protocols since mid-February. These are the first scans since before I started those things. I'm having MRI of pelvis and PET Aximin of shoulder to knees.

[mcp1941 in reply to Chris52981]

PSA 2.06 and having an Axumin scan tomorrow. Had one 2 years ago that was neg. I had a CT scan and bone scan about 1 month ago and they were both neg.

Mike P

[Chris52981 in reply to mcp1941]

Are you currently on anything

[mcp1941 in reply to Chris52981]

I am on Eligard and Zytiga. Zytiga is now failing me and I switched from Prednisone to Dexamethasone hoping that will stop PSA from rising for a while. Next PSA check in 2 weeks.

[Hope59]

My husband has a PSA of 5 and nothing showed up on MRI, PET scan, or Auxumin scan so it’s a biochemical recurrence according to his drs.

We are going to try to get the PSMA PET scan for him to see if there are smaller metastases.

Best of luck with the scan!

[Chris52981 in reply to Hope59]

Thank you is he on anything -

[Hope59 in reply to Chris52981]

Yes, ADT, Zytiga, and Dexamethasone. Switched from Prednisone to Dex and PSA went down a bit. He’s now taking with food and it went down a bit again.

[Chris52981]

Oh good does he still

Have spots

[j-o-h-n]

So Chris tell us where your Dad is located, treatment center(s) and Doctor's names. All info is voluntary...Thank You!!!

Hope his scans are clean.

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Thursday 08/06/2020 6:51 PM DST

[Chris52981]

Hello we are from PA he goes to Geisinger Danville PA- his RO is Dr Fiori Alite. He originally Dx was in 2015 and had stage 3 was not anywhere but prostate and some in right seminal vesical. He was on Lupron for two years , casodex a few months, and IMRT (50) He was in remission, now PSA creeped to 2.89. So did the Axumin scan today. I am a Nervous wreck!

[j-o-h-n in reply to Chris52981]

Thank you for your quick and detailed response. You may wish to copy and paste it in your home page for you future reference and for members references too. We all are nervous everytime we have to see our doctor(s). Being nervous will not help anyone so be positive and kick your dog (or cat) 👀

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Thursday 06/06/2020 7:45 PM DST