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Prostate Cancer | Last Active: May 27 5:47am | Replies (30)

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I was told, the major reason for biopsy it to see if an MRI is needed. Now that you know you have irregular cells or cancer, an MRI w ill show when it progresses to a lesion, and then you can have a directed biopsy to see if the lesion needs to be removed. I used HIFU to remove my lesion.

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retireddoc | @retireddoc | May 23 5:18pm

It's actually the other way around. If the Urologist is suspicious enough to consider a prostate biopsy (>20% rise in PSA over 1 year, payable nodule on DRE, etc), an MRI before the biopsy is helpful to determine if there are any suspicious areas to particularly target in addition to generalized biopsy of the entire gland. It is always preferable to begin with the least invasive test and then progress to biopsy.

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