I am a 46 year old who has had stage 4 prostate cancer for 2 years now..when diagnosed i had a psa of 131 and metatisis to pelvic and pubic bones.
since, i have had a prostectomy with 1 lymph node diseased..Also had lupron and cassadex..when my psa leveled out i went to ketoconazole and lukine shots...When it leveld out again i added revlomid..My psa dropped to its low of .056 last month nearly 2 years after diagnosis..
My bone scans had cleared up with no evidence of disease but there was some activity in my bladder and rectum area.
was supposed to do pelvic radiation using external beam radiation starting tommorow ..
But my psa today was done it had jumped to 1.93 in just 6 weeks. i had the flu for 2 weeks and this may have effected my treatment, who knows.
I have 2 questions:
1] should i go ahead with my radiation treatments as planned dispite the big jump in psa ??? i have no bone pain at all and still lift weights
2] would the radiation to the pelvic area take care of any cancer on my bladder wall or urethra or wouls this require a focused radiation
thanks
bob