dp66 wrote:
I am curious if there is a number that urologist's use to consider a man cancer free. After my last checkup of nearly 3 years ago, my psa was .03/undetectable. Am I safe? I'm still dealing with incontinence, and probably will for the rest of my life. I'm approaching 73 yrs. on this planet. I'm getting used to needing to wear a diaper. My biggest concern, obviously, is whether the cancer can return.
Thanks,
Dennis
usually survival rates are based on 5 years and I believe that's the benchmark to determine if the cancer is truly gone as well. I'm not a doctor though...I'd suggest asking your urologist, it's a pretty reasonable question. Doctors tend to kind of answer these questions vaguely though as they don't want the liability of getting sued if they say, yeah you're cancer is gone.....and then it comes back.