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FYI a PSA on PSA......understanding PSA better
There are various Prostate Specific Antigen tests and the much discussed PSA test isn't as revealing as many think. From a surviving PCa (Prostate Cancer) individual, please read.
Types of PSA Test |
Thanks for the link. I just had mine and will be asking some questions.
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Originally Posted by Photodoug
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Thanks for the link. I just had mine and will be asking some questions.
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I've said this many times. My PSA never went over 2.6. The finger test is how my primary care doc decided that something was wrong. My prostate didn't "feel symmetrical". I was referred to a urologist and he monitored things for almost to a year. At that point he did a prostate MRI and found 6 spots that were suspicious. Using the MRI image and ultrasound he did a biopsy on the 6 spots and all were cancerous. He told me not to put off any decision about surgery or treatment for more that 6 months. It took my wife and I about 5 minutes to make the decision to have the surgery. The cancer was completely removed so neither radiation nor chemo were necessary. :)
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The newer PCA3 test is much better than the debatable PSA test.
Cleveland Clinic uses new prostate cancer screening test | cleveland.com |
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