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Prostate Cancer (47 yrs old) - Guidance Request
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Q: What led to your diagnosis and biopsy at your age and low PSA number?
My son is 43 and my stepson is 40, both with fathers who have PCa.
So I worry about them and early detection.
Dr Walsh's book is an excellent tutorial and the Prostate Cancer Foundation PCF.org has free patient guides (both hard copy and downloadable) that I found helpful.
Seek consultation with a Center of Excellence. I was treated at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore.
My thoughts and prayers are with you.
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thanks for the info you provided. I've never heard of a Center of Excellence, so will learn more on that piece and where those are located for me to get consultation. Learn something new from this site every day!
What triggered the visit to the Urologist was the spike year over year, and i was having some discomfort in prostate area, but that was due to a bug I picked up while traveling in Mexico. I'd recommend to your sons on getting an MRI even with small increases in PSA (assuming the Urologist/Insurance approve). What I learned was that I have a really small prostate (15cc) and that 2.7 was high for that small. My dad had his removed at 59, so I knew it was a matter of time before I was going to be impacted.