My experience is that the Siemens Advia Centaur is good for doing PSA testing if you have a prostate but does a poor job at ultra sensitive PSA levels if you don’t have a prostate....
Just received my Quest Diagnostics PSA results. < 0.02 ng/ml! Just goes to show you there is a major difference between labs and machines!...
I went to Quest Diagnostics yesterday and was retested. Will let you guys know the results when I get them. Quest only goes down to 0.02 ng/ml. So if I was 0.019 ng/ml at Quest it would show up as...
Had the test redone today at Quest. Will let you know the result. Both tests were sent out to private labs....
I normally get an ultra sensitive PSA test with Quest Diagnostics and it has been <0.02 for the last 2 years (lowest level they can detect). I recently had a PSA test at my doctors office last week...
<0.02 ng/ml!...
I just received my 15 month PSA test results: <0.02. I was a Gleason 8 with a focal margin so there is hope for men with high Gleason scores. Keep the faith. Steve...
I would definitely do surgery. I was a Gleason 4+4 and I had surgery. I had a world renowned surgeon who had done thousands of surgeries and I had full continence within a month. Used Viagra for...
Just received my 11 month PSA results. My heart was really pumping when I opened up e-mail. PSA was <0.02 ng/ml which is lowest level local lab can detect. Not bad for a Ductal Gleason 8 with focal...
I am 7 months out from surgery with a PSA of <0.02 at 2, 3, and 7 months. PSA before surgery was 5.2. I had a Acinar Adenocarcinoma Gleason 4+3 that was fully contained AND a Ductal Adenocarcinoma...
The best 3 surgeons in LA are Wilson, Ahlering (UCI) and Reiter (UCLA)...
Just received 7 month PSA results. <0.02. Not bad for a Gleason 8 Ductal Adenocarcinoma with focal margins!...
I think you owe me an apology for giving me crap when I posted questions about positive margins. Until I get that you're stil an (moderator edit) Logoslidat. California Dreamer Looks like this thread...
Just received my 3 month (12 week) post op PSA. <0.02 ng/ml. 0.02 ng/ml is lowest level Quest Diagnostics can detect. UNDETECTABLE....
It was <2mm. Pathology report states pT2. Does not state pT2+....
The pathology report is not specific. It states under margins that focal positive in anterior <0.2 mm but anterior prostate fat negative. It also states prostate surface negative. Very confusing....
Saipan Paradise, You had the SRT in Saipan? How much do you pay for your hormone shots over there? CD...
Pratoman, What are you going to do now? SRT? Hormones? CD...
Saipan Paradise, How are you doing now after SRT? CD...
Decipher score 0.62 10% chance of Metastasis in 5 years. 8% chance of PCa death in 10 years. And I thought I was doing well with a 8 week post PSA of <0.02....
Can someone clarify exactly what positive surgical margins are. My pathology report said I had a focal margin of less than 2 mm on my prostate but surrounding fat was negative. Is that considered...
Just received my first post surgery PSA report. Taken at 8 weeks. <0.02....
That anterior foci margin was on the prostate. The prostate was removed. The anterior fat removed around the prostate was negative so I am hoping for the best....
I finally looked at my pathology report. I had gotten married and had been out of town for the last month. I had robotic surgery at UCI by Dr. Thomas Ahlering on April 18th. I was his 1741 patient. I...
Why do you say you are not sure you would specifically recommend Dr. Ash again? Did you have a MO along with RO? Was it a team approach?...
Out of town for last couple weeks (Just got married). Haven't seen pathology report. However, spoke with Dr. Ahlering by phone about path report. He said there was one focal point on prostate but he...
I live in Costa Mesa which is in Orange County, CA. If I need additional radiation therapy after RALP surgery where is there an excellent radiation oncology center?...
Catheter came out this morning and to my surprise very minimum leakage. Now on to the next hurdle......the Friday pathology reportl...
Which should I start out with: Depend Fix flex underwear or Depend real fit briefs. Whats the difference? Catheter comes out on Tuesday....
Which should I start out with: Fix flex underwear or real fit briefs....
Can someone recommend what type of pad or brief to use after catheter removal. Should I get briefs or medium pads. Can someone provide a brand that they have used. Any advice would be greatly...
Surgery went well. I was the second surgery of the day for Dr. Ahlering. First surgery went 5 hours as the guy had hernias to repair as well as the prostate removal. Was waiting from 11:00 AM to 4:00...
Thanks everyone. When I said death was the alternative that was meaning if you do nothing about your situation....
Going in tomorrow for robotic assisted laproscopic prostate removal. Nervous but I know the alternative is death so it needs to be done! See you all on the other side....
I had a prostate MRI two days ago. This was 5 weeks after ultrasound biopsy. MRI confirmed presence of Gleason 8 and Gleason 6 tumors and high grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia. Final...
Has anyone used Dr. Howard Sandler at Cedar Sinai in Los Angeles for radiation therapy after RALP surgery? I heard he was one of the best radiation oncologist in Southern California....
Just read about Michael Milken and his total diet of less than 9 grams of fat daily. He swears it has kept him alive for 20 years after being diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. Includes lots of...
Is that Howard Sandler at Cedar Sinai?...
According to the updated Yale version of the Roach formula my chance of lymph note involvement is 14%...
What can you learn about location of tumors, if anything from a biopsy? Do they put the entire core sample on a slide? If so, then you must know how far from the edges of the prostate that tumor...
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How many lymph nodes should be taken out for analysis during Robotic Assisted Laproscopic Prostatectomy surgery? Is there a specific number that most surgeons recommend?...
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Has anyone in the Los Angeles and Orange County area had robotic assisted laproscopic prostate surgery with Dr. Tim Wilson or Dr. Tom Ahlering? If so, what were your impressions of them....
I have a PSA of 5.2 and a Gleason score of 4+4 = 8. I had 2 of 12 cores come back positive. One left mid (4+4=8) and one right apex lateral (3+3=6). No palpitation upon DRE. Cancer only found during...
Hi, I am a new member. I am a 58 year old man in good health. For about a year and a half I have been monitoring my PSA with my Urologist. Below are my readings over the past 9 years. Date PSA Free...