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1/30/2012
Dr. Y., Urologist
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Yes, point 2 is 0.2 and it sounds like his PSA is 0.5. The max PSA is indefinite. It can be as high as 5000. But it sounds as if he may have some slow growing residual cancer cells somewhere. It could be in the prostate bed where the prostate used to reside. He needs to discuss this with his urologist to see if he would be a candidate for radiation therapy tot he prostate bed to kill off any residual tumor cells so they don't multiply and spread. Hope this helps
the PSA should go down to undetectable after radiotherapy. If it has not, then this may be an indication that cancer cells may have spread to places like lymph nodes or the bones. There is nothing more to do now but watch the PSA. If it gets above 2, then he should be started on a medication like Lupron to cut the testosterone supply off to the tumor. Hope this helps.
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