Recurrent Cancer??

[Garyzw]

Recurrent cancer?? Had PSA come back at .3 two years after prostatectomy retest showed .1 then a week later <.1. Urologists seems to think it very odd! Any ideas or suggestions?

[Tall_Allen]

Confirm in a month and talk to a radiation oncologist about salvage radiation.

[Garyzw in reply to Tall_Allen]

Thanks urologist suggest 3 months, I was thinking 1 month also

[Justfor_]

Use another lab reporting to (at least) the 2nd digital point. You probably don't have previous PSA data at such a resolution. If you had, you could very well judged if the current numbers are accurate or erroneous. Better late than never though.

[Magnus1964]

Those are small movements in PSA. They might be do infections or irritations in the prostate bed.

[Garyzw in reply to Magnus1964]

Even if I don’t have s prostate?

[Magnus1964 in reply to Garyzw]

Yes, even you don't have a prostate.

[dadzone43]

Disagree. Stay with the same lab, take a deep breath, tell yourself you are OK and repeat in a month. Takes more than one snowflake to make a blizzard.

[fourputt]

I have (unfortunately) first hand knowledge that some labs are very inaccurate when testing PSA. I was having erratic results like yours from my Uro's in house lab. When I switched to my Onco the first thing we did was go to Quest and also a major medical center for tests and they were very close to each other and very different from my Uro's lab. I did still have a recurrence but utilizing a major lab got me to SRT a lot quicker than if I had stayed where I was. For that I am very grateful. I know my situation is/will not be comparable to everyone in this situation...but it did happen to me.

[Garyzw in reply to fourputt]

Thank you for your response I am going to try and find a different lab that excepts my insurance