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Prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, is a protein produced by the prostate gland that can be detected in the blood, either for screening purposes (to detect cancer before it causes symptoms) or, as in your case, to monitor a person who has already been treated for prostate cancer. There are many potential causes for a elevated PSA, but in the setting of prior prostate cancer, this must be the first consideration. This is because recurrent cancer may cause PSA levels to rise well before there is any other evidence of recurrence. By 'surgery', I presume you mean that you had a radical prostatectomy, or total removal of the prostate gland. If this is the case, the expectation would be that the PSA level falls to undetectable. The significance of a rise from 0.15 to 0.28 depends on several factors, including your baseline PSA after the surgery, the rate of increase (how quickly increases are occurring, and the trend of PSA levels (e.g. is it rising steadily, or does it go up and down). Additionally, more than one level is necessary before assigning any value to an increaesed PSA (i.e. your doctor should not be basing any treatment decisions on just one measurement; I presume you've had multiple PSA levels checked over the last two years). According to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology for Prostate Cancer, treatment may be necessary if "their PSA level does not fall below the limits of detection after surgery or they have a detectable PSA level (> 0.3 ng/mL) that increases on two or more subsequent measurements after having no detectable PSA". Your specific PSA level is quite low, but it may be that the lab testing your blood has different cutoffs for detectable, normal etc...but the bigger question is whether your PSA is steadily increasing over time. Without knowing all the specifics of your history and bloodwork, I cannot definitively say whether or not retreatment is warranted, but it certainly seems reasonable that, in light of a steadily increasing PSA, your doctor is considering therapy.
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What does Il seize ans mean?
Il a seize ans means he is sixteen years old
How do you i am 11 years old in french?
j'ai onze ans
How do you say he is fifteen years in French?
"il a quinze ans"
What does J'ai ans in french?
"J'ai ans" is not a correct phrase in French. The proper way to say "I am (a certain age) years old" is "J'ai (un certain âge) ans." For example, "I am 20 years old" would be "J'ai 20 ans."
How do you say 6 years in french?
Six ans is French for six years.
What value is assigned to the type int variable ans in this statement if the value of p is 100 and q is 50?
It is not possible to answer this question without knowing the actual expression used in the assignment statement. The following are merely example expressions showing some of the values that could be assigned to ans: int ans, p=100, q=50; ans = p + q; // ans = 150 ans = p * q; // ans = 5000 ans = p - q; // ans = -50 ans = p / q; // ans = 2 ans = p % q; // ans = 0
I have girls clothes from France size 6 ans. What does ans mean?
Ans means "Years" in French.
How do you say 'I am 11 yrs old' in french?
J'ai douze ans.
What is ans mean in french?
"ans" means "years"
How do you say 'I am 56 years old' in french?
J'ai cinquante-deux ans.
How do you say you are 11 in French?
you are eleven years (old) - tu as onze ans.
When was ANS fashions created?
ANS fashions was created in 1974.
When was Ans Westra born?
Ans Westra was born in 1936.
How do you say she is 54 years old in French?
Elle a quartante ans. you don't say she am 40 like in english, you say she has 40 years in french. ~Gracygoo hope that helps!
How do you find your ans to your question?
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What are the factors that affect GDP of Pakistan?
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What does jai ans mean?
j'ai ... ans means 'I am .... years old'
