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As Bill says, generally speaking studies demonstrate a benefit in tackling the disease in its early stages, although this isn't neccessarily a universal view.
As a matter of interest, can you post the sequence of PSA rises? Did they all increase sequentially or were some up and some down? I ask because where there is inflammation, such as that which might be related to the hip problem, this can affect the PSA results.
Generally speaking, PSA related to PCa goes up and keeps going up: PSA related to other issues tends to go up and down. Of course there are no absolute rules, but this may be worth considering.
Thank you so much for taking the time to reply I know that for the first year the psa was 0 then it began rising very slowly psa monitered every 2 months by the urologist/surgeon that removed the prostate. Then in 2005 my husband was referred to an onchologist who has been monitering his psa every 2 months, here goes;
25/10/05 0.09, 13.12.05 0.09, 14/2/06 0.11, 18/4/06 0.12, 20/6/06 0.12, 13/10/06 0.20, 12/12/06 0.25, 13/2/07 0.26, 12/4/07 0.26, 22/6/07 0.24, 29/8/07 0.28,31/10/07 0.30, 20/12/070.32, 27/2/08 0.29,29/4/08 0.30, 16/7/08 0.36, 10/10/08 0.48.
As you can see it is steadily going up, but I feel reluctant for my husband to undergo the radiation if it can be dalayed at all. My husband is an extrenmely fit 65 year old.
Kind Regards
Pam
