EBRT

MY HUSBAND'S PSA HAS BEEN STEADILY RISING ALL THIS YEAR AND IS STARTING HIS SECOND RADIATION TREATMENT TO ANOTHER PART OF HIS BODY, HIS PELVIS.

HE TOLERATED RT TO HIS RIB HIS RIB 1 1/2 YEARS AGO AND HIS PSA DROPPED FOR about 6 MONTHS THEN STARTED RISING TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, 1.10.

HE IS HAVING 21-25 TREATMENTS EVERT DAY 15 MINUTES. WE HOPE THIS TUMOR 1.5 CM. IS THE RESULT OF HIS RISING PSA BUT WON'T KNOW UNTIL HE IS FINISHED WITH HIS TREATMENTS AND WE HAVE A PSA TEST.

MY QUESTION IS: IF HIS PSA DOESN'T GO DOWN AFTER RT COULD THIS INDICATE METS CIRCULATING IN HIS SYSTEM THAT JUST HASN'T INVADED SOMEWHERE YET?

HIS MRI'S AND BONE SCAN SAW THIS ONLY SPOT.

THANK YOU

BOOGEE

Fairwind,

Thank you for your reply and it's a good thing his PSA is so low. Perhaps they will be scarce for a long time at least that's what we are hoping for!

BOOGEE