Over the past three years I have had 5
biopsies all of them have come back
negative but have shown acute and chronic
inflamation on several of the samples
taken. My first PSA test was 6.6 and
peaked out at 10.9 in October 2006.
I’ve had two test since then, one read
9.8 and my last one was 9. Seems to me if
I had cancer the PSA would continue to go
up not down but my doctor wants to do
another biopsy. Don’t really want
another one and asked if I shouldn’t
wait for a couple of more months and take
another PSA test before we do the biopsy
but he seems to think we should do it now.
Any advice would be appreciated.
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MandMs
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Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 1963 Location: Strumica, Macedonia
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Posted: 08-31-07 05:23am
Hi!
Your doctor knows that PSA test results
alone do not give enough informations to
distinguish between benign prostate
conditions and prostate cancer. In the
past, most doctors considered PSA values
below 4.0 ng/mL as normal. However, recent
research found prostate cancer in men with
PSA levels below 4.0 ng/mL. Your results
can be taken as slightly to moderately
elevated. Because there is no specific
normal or abnormal PSA levels it's up to
your doctor to decide if there is a need
for biopsy.
You should know that the higher is the
PSA test, the more likely is that the
cancer is present. Also, I'll noted that
some factors such as age can cause PSA
levels to fluctuate and it is common to
have vary results in different
laboratories.
I'll suggest you to make biopsy, because
you still have high PSA levels and it is
possible for a man to have prostatitis or
hyperplasia and to develop prostate cancer
as well.
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