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A friend's PSA went from 10.6 to 16 in 6 months: BPH or cancer?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Oct 1 6:26pm | Replies (20)Comment receiving replies
From what I’ve read PSA is ‘only’ about 51% accurate in detecting actual prostate cancer - there are a huge amount of false positives and many men are biopsied and put thru testing and anxiety needlessly for BPH, irritation or infection.
PSE measures SIX blood components- including PSA which is but ONE marker - so if the results come back elevated there is a 94-97% chance that you do have cancer.
So if it walks, quacks, flies and does 3 others things that a duck does, it is definitely a duck.
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@heavyphil
PSA tests don't reveal cancer only that the PSA is elevated, rising, or falling. My PCP, urologist, R/O were concerned with the constant rising numbers over a long period of time and not the actual PSA number. It is the other tests done to determine if cancer is causing it.
PSE is not something I have heard about. It is sounds like a much more accurate test to determine the probablity of having cancer. But you would still need the biopsies to confirm.
Is this PSE widely known test? Wonder why would not hear about at Mayo Jacksonville and UFHPTI?