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Long-Term Adverse Effects and Complications After Treatment
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The thing is when somebody has a high PSA they do a biopsy. If the biopsy doesn’t show anything above a Gleeson six then they don’t recommend anything be done right away
If doctors went straight from high PSA to surgery or radiation that would be a different story, but that is not what is happening
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Not sure about “somebody”, but in my case when my PSA level came in at 7.8 I was referred to a urologist whose first recommendation was to do a mpMRI.
It was only after the mpMRI found three lesions (PIRADS 3, 4 and 5) that my urologist recommended a targeted fusion biopsy.
That should be standard practice.
If a doctor recommends a biopsy, solely based on an elevated PSA level, it’s time to head for the door and run!