Dog antigen level after cancer removal

Testing the dog is the level of the prostate specific antigen in the plasma. This dog test after cancer removal surgery is a mandatory procedure.

In the body, the antigen is involved in liquefying the sperm during its eruption, which is necessary for the fertilization of the egg. Antigen is an integral part of the prostatic secretion.

This requires the results of the analysis for prostate disease and the tolerance rate

According to the test results, it is possible to recognize the presence of inflammatory processes, disorders of the male gland. When the natural indicator in a normal state of functioning is low, this is the norm. The older a man becomes or under the influence of pathological processes, the prostate grows.

In case of radical deviations from the permissible indicators, experts suspect the occurrence of hyperplasia (adenoma), inflammatory diseases, prostate cancer.

Men should control their condition when:

• age category after 42 years old;
• after treatment, to clarify the results of treatment (the norm of the dog after removal of prostate cancer);
• if there were cancer patients in the male line;
• after medical or other treatment.

In the oncological process of the prostate, the symptomatology of the pathology is similar to the symptoms of prostatitis or adenoma. The most common symptom is difficulty passing urine due to an obstruction.

When the malignant formation is removed, and the concentration of the dog after the operation remains the same, the disease may recur.

Testing your dog

To get accurate results, you must follow the doctor's recommendations in relation to the correct delivery of the analysis to exclude oncology. Failure to follow the recommendations of a specialized specialist contributes to inaccurate indicators of the results of the dog.

Most often, an elevated dog is noted for the reason:

• a previously performed transrectal ultrasound scan (the session should not be performed 7 days before donating blood);
• intimate contacts on the eve of the test (you should refuse to have sex in three days);
• massaging the prostate gland (after the procedure, at least 4 days must pass);
• eating fatty foods;
• smoking;
• transurectal resection;

This list contains the factors that may lead to an overestimated result of the dog.

Blood sampling from a vein is carried out on an empty stomach, before plasma donation, you should not eat food for 12 hours

Doctors recommend that a test for the pathology of the prostate gland be carried out annually. This helps to diagnose a pathological change in time and prevent the occurrence of a cancerous tumor.

If the patient underwent prostatectomy, then the analysis is carried out in the morning. The patient's diet should be changed two days before testing. Patients should not eat fried, spicy, smoked food. From evening to morning it is allowed to drink only plain water, smoking is prohibited 5 hours before the delivery of the material.

What indicators are considered normal

The norm of the dog for men is different, this is due to the age threshold. Young patients have a lower norm than middle-aged and older men.

The data looks like this:

• 40-50 - 2.5 ng;
• 50-60 - 3.4 ng;
• 60-70 - 4.3;
• 70-80 - 6.3 ng.

Men under 40 rarely suffer from prostate cancer, the pathology pursues representatives of middle and older men. In the absence of antigen or its low levels, doctors say that this is the norm.

Serum delivery for analysis up to 42 years old is often not carried out. It can be done as a prophylactic screening to eliminate the risk of cancer. When a cancer is diagnosed, a rectal examination, ultrasound, biopsy is used with an increased antigen index.

If cancer is eliminated, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormonal treatment, testing determines the concentration of the dog on the result of treatment. With a slight increase in antigen, it is possible to prevent the recurrence of the malignant process.

What indicators can be in the malignant process of the prostate

• With prostatic antigen values of 0-4.3 ng, a man is considered healthy. When the oncological process of the initial stage develops in the body, these indicators are higher up to 10 ng. The development of pathology is marked by an increased value of the free agent. After surgery, the concentration of the dog postoperative inflammation from recurrent oncology processes.
• With irradiation methods of therapy using systemic, anticancer drugs, malignant cells are not completely eliminated, however, they affect the pathology negatively.During treatment, the concentration of the dog may decrease, but this will take from 6 months to a year.
• Not only the direct value determines the indicator of the dog, but also the correlative to the common agent. With values from 11 to 100 percent, doctors suspect cancer or its relapse.

Usually, after the elimination of the malignant formation, the indicators of the dog decrease and return to normal. In rare cases, the concentration remains at the same level, which explains the further control of the patient's health.

Normal after prostatectomy

During the operation, the prostate gland is removed. Since the prostate tissue removed from the body, which produced the serine protease, is no longer present in the body after prostatectomy, the indicator has a rate of 0.2 ng. This is the result of the dog after removal of prostate cancer, the acceptable rate.

To obtain accurate information in relation to a free dog, testing is carried out monthly. This is necessary to prevent relapse. The test is carried out in an observation mode for the patient. When, after surgery, the antigen is more than 45 ng, this may be a reason for re-treatment of the manifestation.

How to deal with relapse

When the prostate-specific antigen had a high concentration before surgery, then hormone therapy is performed. In this case, the risk of metastases is reduced. With delayed hormone therapy, the risk of metastases is higher, however, the patient's life is not threatened.

In case of relapses, antiandrogenic monotherapy is used. The risk of a return of pathology is reduced by the drug Bikalutomid. However, its use is possible when individual metastases have not been identified.

Due to androgenic drugs, a loss of libido is possible, in any case it is better than castration. For young patients, this is an alternative treatment.

With an elevated canine after surgery to remove a malignant formation of a late nature (after 3 years), dynamic observation of the patient is used, since the manifestation of metastases is possible even after 9 years, which may end in death in 3-5 years.

For local recurrence with a 1.5 ng dog, radiation therapy is used.