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Is 76 too old for prostate cancer surgery?
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What caused you to have the biopsy at 1.2 does not seem to bad for a 68 year old male. I'm 72 years old and have a 2.0. A biopsy was not ordered. Should I rethink it.
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I cant really give you advice. I did not ask anyone when I first started except my urologist. He advised me against doing anything. Several on here have said I made a bad move having surgery. I went to see the urologist due to my urgency to pee. It was getting to be life altering. Urologist told me on physical exam my prostate was elongated. He suggested we could run other tests but a biopsy was really the only way to see if I had a problem. I had one out of 12 samples with cancer. Nothing in the margins. PSA was 1.2. Normal for me. Dr suggested we just watch it. I thought watch it for what. To get worse. I said no i want to remove it. I had nerve sparring robotic surgery. 4 1/2 yrs now and appears to be clean. Pet scan was clean. But I am incontinent and impotent. At least partially so on both. Joined this site to see about where to go from here. I caught mine very early by accident. My Dr believed in at least doing a biopsy. I would have to say I may not be a good role model.
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The rate of increase and doubling time for PSA, together with the test results, are important factors for diagnosis of PCa.
See Prostate Cancer Foundation free Patient Guide and "Surviving Prostate Cancer " by Patrick Walsh, MD.
What are the concerns that have caused you to follow this blog? A 2.0 PSA at 72 by itself does not seem worrisome.