Salvage Therapy

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Daniel P. Petrylak, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Genitourinary Oncology Program
Columbia University Medical Center
 

Question: My PSA is rising with a doubling time of 12 months. It began rising 2 years after my radical prostatectomy. My last PSA was 0.85 nanograms per milliliter, and I had a biopsy taken of my prostatic fossa (cavity). It was negative. What salvage treatments are available for me?

Answer: It sounds like you are an excellent candidate for salvage external beam radiation therapy to the prostatic fossa if all of your scans do not show cancer outside of this area.

This content was last reviewed August 15, 2010 by Dr. Reshma L. Mahtani.
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