Rising psa and colon cancer

[Mikes21]

Hi Brothers,

Last year I had a rising psa that went from undetectable <.0014 to .053. I had a colonoscopy and the gi dr found a stage 1 cancer that he scooped out and thinks he got it all. Anyway cause margin was thin the guidelines are to resect colon from ascending to a bit of the transverse colon. Well I went back on trelstar and casodex In January after a two year vacation so I had a ct scan last week and it was all normal. Had blood work and I now have my < symbol back and I’m <..001. I’m wondering if my psa went down to undetectable due to gi dr scooping out the cancer or is it just the trelstar and casodex that dropped it? Is there a correlation? Thanks for your knowledge!

Mike

[Tall_Allen]

Hormone therapy certainly dropped it, that's what it does.

[Mikes21]

Thanks Nal I will breathe easy

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Second that. If it was colon cancer, it can affect PSA. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/924....

But probably most of it is due to caso and trel. If it was the colon cancer awesome! But either way, you look like you're doing well.

Take care, Russ

[Mikes21 in reply to Hidden]

Thanks Russ.

[Mikes21 in reply to Hidden]

I am hoping that you are doing well too Russ!

[Hidden in reply to Mikes21]

Thanks, brother. I'm doing very well (for the time being )

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Your colon cancer is a good warning for all of us to watch other cancers/health conditions.

We have prostate cancer and it is perhaps too easy to focus exclusively on it without thinking about what other risks we have. Unfortunately, we're not in this boat because our cancer is advanced but more men with prostate cancer die of cardiac issues than from prostate cancer itself. I don't know what the stats are for advanced prostate cancer. Be nice to know.

[j-o-h-n]

Wow you scared the shit outta me..... (Rising psa and colon cancer).... Mike, you owe me a drink!!!

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Wednesday 05/05/2021 7:48 PM DST - Cinco de Mayo