radiation question

 Hubby had radiation in april 09 and his psa number has been on the rise every 3month meeting with  ro dr on the 21 of dec.Question is can you have radiation more then once.

 DEIDRE

He can't have external beam again, but he can have HDR Brachytherapy. There are a lot of guys posting on the ERBT websites that have had rising psa after radiation only to have it drop 3 or 4 years later. His psa is still very low and it could be due to benign prostate tissue. PSA never goes to 0 after radiation. Sorry, I just noticed that it was salvage radiation that your husband had. That's a completely different situation. The only treatment left after failed salvage radiation is Hormone treatments. If he failed both surgery and radiation, you have to assume it is no longer local but systemic and must be treated as such. Another local treatment be it radiation, cryosurgery ect would be a complete wast of time.
JohnT

hello again

No he is not on HT at this time.Just trying to get all my duck's in a row before meeting with the DR.My thinking is that HT would be the next step,are thier any other treatment other then HT  .how do you find out where the cancer is. The bone scan was clear .I guess I know the answer to most but any info from the gang would be great.

Can you biopsy the lymph nodes with out them being removed, or can  you do radiation on them. The target area was the prostate bed only with his radiation. What                  

        DEIDRE