Steve,

For your database, and for anyone here interested in "active surveillance"
or "watchful waiting" as an option, my PSA reading today was 2.03, down
slightly from three months ago and about where it has been for the past
several years -- since I started on finesteride.
I am of course not advocating active surveillance for guys whose doctors
have determined that surgery or radiation is required. But for many of us
with this normally slow-growing disease, a "wait and see" approach may be a
reasonable choice.

Alex

2012
04/25 - 2.03
01/14 - 2.20

2011
10/12 - 2.64
07/14 - 2.34 - Ultrasound unremarkable.
04/01 - 2.90
01/13 - 2.40

2010 (age 66, 5 years after diagnosis)
10/13 - Doppler ultrasound: "No evidence of disease progression. Remain on
close PSA watch."
09/15 - 2.19
06/08 - 1.59
03/25 - 2.85

2009
12/12 - 2.24
09/17 - 2.37
06/12 - 1.28
03/10 - 1.52

2008
11/19 - 1.49 - Ultrasound-guided biopsy, 8 cores, none with cancer.
Confirmed by Bostwick labs.
06/27 - 2.60
03/26 - 1.52

2007
12/27 - 2.50
08/27 - 2.44
05/17 - 3.56
02/09 - 3.44

2006
11/20 - 6.25 (scared me, but my Doc said wait)
09/15 - 3.3
08/07 - 6.12 Started on Proscar (finesteride), which halves PSA reading
05/04 - 4.50
02/02 - 5.81

2005 (age 61)
11/10 - 5.25, T/F 20%
08/19 - 5.81
07/14 - Biopsy, 12 cores, 2 w/ cancer, < 10% of each sample. Confirmed by
Johns Hopkins, with Gleason 3+3
07/05 - 6.2 T/F 14%
02/14 - Biopsy, 12 cores, no cancer found
02/08 - 4.8 T/F 16%

2001
11/30 - 1.1
No further tests til 2005 (dumb)

2000
06/06/ - 0.96

1999
03/22 - PSA 1