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0:29 At what point does PSA rise start to indicate potential cancer?
1:30 What should a PSA nadir be, approximately following radiation?
4:12 Does a downward trend in PSA mean treatment is working?
5:21 How sharp is a PSA "bump" usually, in term of points?
6:28 Following a nadir, at what point does another rise become a red flag?
8:41 What if a patient never reaches that PSA nadir?
9:20 Do different kinds of radiation cause different rates of PSA decline?
10:09 What does a PSA nadir look like following hormone therapy?
11:06 What counts as a significant PSA rise following hormone therapy?
12:15 What kind of PSA growth might indicate resistance?
13:44 What is PSA doubling time, and what does it indicate?
15:49 Is PSA useful for monitoring patients on active surveillance?
19:25 Alex's conclusions
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