Potential Prostate Cancer with a PSA of 16

Posted by bens1 @bens1, Aug 14 11:07am

I have a friend of mine who I spoke with yesterday who had a prostate MRI and a biopsy with a PSA of 16 that showed no cancer in his testing.
He was given a couple of different types of antibiotics to see if it was an infection with no effect on the PSA and has had a slightly enlarged prostate for a number of years. He is not a bike rider and is 56 years old.
Could both the prostate MRI and the biopsy be wrong? Any thoughts?

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heavyphil | @heavyphil | Aug 15 11:11am

In reply to @bens1 "bdc1677: thank you. I will mention that to my friend to also ask that. Maybe he..." + (show)

If the MRI was clear I doubt a PSMA would show anything - and insurance would never cover it based neg MRI

jayhall | @jayhall | Aug 16 2:11pm

my PCP freaked out about my PSA being 5.5 and ordered me to the Urologist. Urologist told me my PSA gave me a 1 in 5 chance of PC. Had a biopsy, total benign 2 years of monitoring. I'm 59 had BPH for a few years, don't ride bikes etc. elevated PSA can be from BPH. Tell your friend to keep up with the PSA monitoring.