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From: R L on 27 Oct 2008 14:59

I got an email from a friend whose husband 's PSA had moved up to 2.8
from a previous 2.5. The uro wants to do a biopsy.
~Ralph

From: Steve Jordan on 27 Oct 2008 15:40
On October 27, R L wrote:

> I got an email from a friend whose husband 's PSA had moved up to 2.8
> from a previous 2.5. The uro wants to do a biopsy.

That is a recurring myth, especially appropriate during the Halloween
season.

Last I saw, there was no evidence that that occurs. Otherwise, millions
of men would have suffered for it.

I understand that PCa cells cannot survive outside the gland
until/unless they have mutated.

There is no approved alternate means of diagnosing PCa other than via
biopsy.

Regards,

Steve J
From: R L on 27 Oct 2008 17:45
That is all of the information I was given. They did not ask me my
opinion, but I wondered about the consequencis. In my case, it was not
known that I had prostate cancer before I was given a transuretheral
prostate procedure. When I went to see the doctor in a couple of weeks
he said, "there's been quite a discussion about you. The pathologist
found Gleason scale 9 prostate cancer cells during the procedure."

Well, I did not accuse anybody....but the only place they have found
mets is in my lungs, following radiation therapy. There's more to the
story, but I refrain from going into it. I would just remark...anything
that breaks through the capsule could spread the pca that resides there,
possibly..

Ralph

From: J on 27 Oct 2008 19:06
R L wrote:

> I got an email from a friend whose husband 's PSA had moved up to 2.8
> from a previous 2.5. The uro wants to do a biopsy.
> ~Ralph

PSA levels of less than 4 are generally considered normal, however a
prostate cancer may exist even though levels are normal. The upper limit
of normal depends on age and race, so for example, the 'normal' for a 50
year old man is 2.5
PSA levels higher than normal may indicate benign disease or prostate
cancer.

An age/race calculator is here
http://www.urologychannel.com/HealthProfiler/healthpro_psaageRace.shtml
What's the uro biopsying? Did he find something while doing a DRE?
J


From: Steve Kramer on 27 Oct 2008 19:59
"R L" <wa5pdk(a)webtv.net> wrote in message
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>
> I got an email from a friend whose husband 's PSA had moved up to 2.8
> from a previous 2.5. The uro wants to do a biopsy.

Seems fairly quick on the draw, unless he had previously moved up from a 2.3
before that.


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