Re: High Gleason/Low PSA = Caution

[Guest guest]

mycroft1958 wrote:

> Some of us with high Gleason scores are pleased when PSA tests

> come in with low numbers.

>

> I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, especially my own, but

> it is necessary to understand that in a high Gleason / low PSA

> dx, PSA should not be relied upon as an accurate measurement of

> one's clinical status.

....

It's unfortunate how little most of us know about this disease

but it's truly frightening how little most doctors know.

God help the poor sod who has anything other than standard,

garden variety, prostate cancer. There's a good chance that his

urologist, and even his oncologist, won't know that what he's got

is different and that different tests and treatments may be

needed.

Alan