Very High PSA level with no infection Posted: 02-25-08 18:24pm
Had biopsy 10/16/07 and no cancer was
identified with a 5.5 PSA; however,
1/15/08 i had a 25.6 PSA reading and on
1/25/08 my PSA read 36.2 and the urologist
found no infection or enlargement of the
prostate. What are your opinions on a
third biopsy while awaiting a percent free
PSA result?
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jstone1950
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Feb 2008 Posts: 4
very high psa Posted: 03-05-08 11:58am
can someone give me their views on this
issue?
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chartraf
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Jul 2008 Posts: 1
High PSA Posted: 07-22-08 12:43pm
This sounds just like my Dad's case. His
PSA level kept rising with no enlargement
of the prostate and no infection. His
biopsy showed no cancer present so the
doctor told him to take a "wait and see"
approach. It turned out that my Dad had
cancer the whole time, but his prostate
got smaller and when they took a biopsy,
because of the reduced size, they couldn't
find the cancer. He had the fast
spreading cancer and by the time they
finally removed the prostate, it had
spread into the lymph nodes. My advice to
you is if your doctor is taking a "wait
and see" approach to this then get another
doctor because once the PSA begins to
climb as fast as your's seems to be then
you have to take action and get the
prostate removed.
