Re: Can the PSA go down?

[Guest guest]

I'm unaware of any reason that the numbers would go down. I'd suggest you discuss this with your URO. Every Success! Hans

Can the PSA go down?

I was diagnosed with Pca in August,2007.My numbers are:Age-60PSA 3.17 (Had doubled in 18 months)Stage T1cGleason 6 (3+3)Bone Scan & CAT Scan-NegativeActive SurveillanceI will be getting another PSA next week. Can the PSA go down? If so, why?Thanks,Sy

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[Guest guest]

Sy,

I wrote a short piece about the basics of

PSA for newbies – that’s at PSA

101 http://tinyurl.com/8x6my and you might also like to have a look at the experiment I ran for

28 days some years back My personal PSA variance http://tinyurl.com/cxwj6

to see how much daily

variance there might be in PSA levels. As you’ll see over three days my

PSA went up by about 35% before dropping back three days later!!

All the best

Terry Herbert

I have no medical

qualifications but I was diagnosed in ‘96: and have learned a bit since

then.

My sites are at www.yananow.net and www.prostatecancerwatchfulwaiting.co.za

Dr

“Snuffy” Myers : " As a physician, I am painfully aware that most of

the decisions we make with regard to prostate cancer are made with inadequate

data "

From: ProstateCancerSupport

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Sent: Wednesday, 2 January 2008

1:23 PM

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ProstateCancerSupport

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Can the PSA go down?

I was diagnosed with Pca in August,2007.

My numbers are:

Age-60

PSA 3.17 (Had doubled in 18 months)

Stage T1c

Gleason 6 (3+3)

Bone Scan & CAT Scan-Negative

Active Surveillance

I will be getting another PSA next week. Can the PSA go down? If so, why?

Thanks,

Sy

[Guest guest]

Sy, my husband Gregg became good friends with his neighbor while the

two of them were in Loma having their prostate cancers treated

with proton beam radiation therapy. The neighbor was a very fit 50

year old whose father had also had prostate cancer. The neighbor's

PSA at the time of diagnosis was a little over 9. He put himself on a

vegan diet and within a matter of a few months his PSA had dropped by

about 3 points. I think that diet plays a pretty big role in the PSA

test results. I am cooking minimal amounts of meat at home in the

last year. The research tells me that prostate cancer cells love red

meat. Good luck with your tests.

Laurel

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> I was diagnosed with Pca in August,2007.

>

> My numbers are:

>

> Age-60

> PSA 3.17 (Had doubled in 18 months)

> Stage T1c

> Gleason 6 (3+3)

> Bone Scan & CAT Scan-Negative

> Active Surveillance

>

> I will be getting another PSA next week. Can the PSA go down? If

so, why?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Sy

>