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Biopsy results benign. PSA is elevated. What is the next step?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Mar 1 5:31pm | Replies (17)
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Frank1956: thanks for that. I looked it up and it seems as if 30% of people who have biopsies that show negative or benign results potentially have prostate cancer. It also seemed that if the results come back positive, then your plan is to have a biopsy done by somebody else?

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frank1956 | @frank1956 | Feb 26 3:55pm

When my urologist called me about the results of my biopsy, all being benign, I pressed for the possibility of cancer being missed. He said that the 3T MRI and MRI fusion transperineal biopsy performed on me, all are the latest technology. If he needs to give a percentage, I am 90% clear. But, I still want to be vigilant, and don't want it grow out of control.

If the Confirm MDX results do show that they found cancer, I plan to have a second biopsy done from UCLA. They have even more advanced biopsy methods. If I am so lucky that the Conform MDX is also negative, I guess I will go on an Active Surveillance mode: testing PSA, doing MRI, until something changes, then go get biopsy from UCLA.

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