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Stopping PSA tests after age 70. droogoy. Oct 14, 2018 • 3:29 PM. Received the following in a UC Berkeley Health Alert two days ago. I told my doc, at age 72, I plan to forego any further psa tests after the next one. "Most experts agree that people with a life expectancy of 10 years or less don't need routine screening for cancer.
A rise in PSA levels after surgery can indicate the presence of residual or recurrent prostate cancer. In your case, the increase in PSA from 0.01 to 0.04 ng/mL over a period of 3 months is considered a biochemical recurrence. It's important to note that PSA levels can fluctuate slightly due to various factors, so it's essential to monitor the ...
I’m 70 years old in relatively good health. I live in SW Florida and have a moderately act...
PSA claimed to 0.22. Had 39 radiation treatments to my prostate bed. Again stayed undetectable. 2 years later it started climbing again. Currently at 0.63. Watching and waiting. My doctor does not want to start me on hormone therapy too soon because of all of the side effects. I get tested every 3 months and I am 70 years old.
Three Years after Diagnosis - Results after Treatment My spouse was diagnosed Sep 2012, age 49, PSA (prostate-specific antigen) 31, Gleason 4+3=... Patti_at_home
For example, if the PSA was between 0.2- 0.4 we had 50% cancer detection rate. If the PSA was between 0.41 – 1.0 the detection rate was 77%. When the PSA was over 1.1, detection was was 90%." It sounds like yours is at the 77% rate, so might be worth it to try. My story is similar to yours.
Had my prostate removed 5 years and since a rising PSA .. under care of Urologist who did De Vinci surgery and rises as follows... Surgery Nov 2011, Aug 2012 .024 Sept 2013 .048 Nov 2014 .058 Nov 2015 .068 Aug 2016 .110
Biochemical Recurrence and Rapid PSA increases after 10 years. Prostate Cancer Summary Aug. 2024. I am 86 years old. My history is listed below: Robotic surgery to remove prostate: Dec. 2007. Gleason score is 3 + 4. Perinueral invasion. Decision was made to follow Active Surveillance. Using PSA and PET and bone Scans.
Im no expert, but one other reason your PSA might fluctuate is that you changed labs or your lab may have changed PSA assays (test methodologies). This happened to me 2 times over the years. In 2010 my lab changed from Bayer to Roche method for PSA. My PSA jumped from 3.3 to 4.3 in 1 year.
after 12 years of psa monitoring i finally had a biopsy that indicated cancer, had prostectomy, undetectable for 1 year then .07 and now .1 at the two year mark. So undetectable to .1 in 6 months. My question is this rising inevitably going to continue till i get to the magic .2 for radiation or have others seen if stop or go back down or even ...