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Posted 02 Oct 2016 at 14:46

My OH is about to finish his HT treatment after 18 months and 20 fractions of radiotherapy last dec his specialist nurse has said he will have his psa tested every 6 months but no scans necessary. Surely they would want to see if his tumor has shrunk or spread when I said this she just said it was a wait and see. I worry constantly every day could we insist on having a scan ? blueyonder.

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Posted 02 Oct 2016 at 20:24

Hi Blue, it is probably more important for the time being to see what happens to the PSA without hormones. The prostate will be severely damaged by the RT which means it would be quite hard to see anything useful on a scan.

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

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Posted 02 Oct 2016 at 22:11

Hi Blueyonder,

I finished HT last November and have only been having blood tests including PSA since then, no mention of scans

Arthur

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