I recently met a survivor who was having difficulty understanding his advanced prostate cancer. He was recently diagnosed with a PSA of 2.4 but a Gleason of 9 (5+4). In addition, he had a positive bone scan. What was confusing to him was how he could have an aggressive cancer (Gleason 9) and such a [...]
Despite the fact that we have already had a radical prostatectomy, at some point in time one third of us will receive that dreaded telephone call from our doctor.... our PSA has reappeared! Once again, we start the process of climbing into the tube for an MRI, we have a bone scan and of course [...]
PSA-DT, also known as PSA Doubling Time or PSA Velocity is the time it takes for a PSA value to double (i.e. 2 to 4, 4 to 8, 8 to 16). In the situation when a PSA reappears after a radical prostatectomy the PSA-DT serves as a predictor of future metastatic disease. Okotie et al [...]