Guest guest Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 My husband, age 72, has just been diagnosed with prostate cancer. His PSA is 0.75, Gleason score 3+3 & a very small tumor. What has us terrified is that his bone scan showed two small lesions, with a small amount of uptake, on his 7th & 8th ribs. We don't see the Dr. until Tues. His nurse says he wants to wait 3 - 6 months & do another scan & maybe give him a shot of Lupron. We will be crazy by that time. It will be hard to handle stage 4 cancer. His parents & siblings that didn't smoke lived to be mid 80's to age 93. We were hoping to have a lot of good years to be together. I feel so sorry for him. What are his odds of having bone mets with his numbers? I thought the tumors secreted the PSA & that is the reason the PSA has to be high for bone mets to show up. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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