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@michaelcharles

Not a MD responding here:
Silent cancers, such as pancreatic and prostate, can be a worry.
1st Q: What does your OU Urologist say?
My read is that you have 2 consecutive low PSA test results; an undefinitive MRI and a biopsy that was negative.
That all sounds good.
Have another PSA in 12, or 6, mos and continue to follow up to establish a trend.
You may want to read Patrick Walsh MD's book Surviving Prostate Cancer and/or visit the Prostate Cancer Foundation pcf.org site and request a free downloadable or hard copy of its Patient Guide.
And have your screening Colonoscopy.
Best wishes.

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soonermagic | @soonermagic | 5 days ago

Thanks for the response. Agreed on the follow up PSAs. One of my fears was that it was a non-PSA producing prostate cancer. After the biopsy that seems less likely to me. Being able to track it with a minimally invasive procedure is better than not.

Haven't spoken to my OU urologist since biopsy results came in Friday evening. Scheduled for post-biopsy office visit with him on 2/7/25. I got the impression he wasn't sold on the Galleri test calling it "futuristic".

At this point, I'm not sure whether to love or hate the Galleri test. I don't think I will know for awhile whether it accurate or a false-positive, but as a blood DNA test it makes me think that it picked up on something even though that something may not yet be detectable in other ways at least without a PET scan. The way I read one of the Galleri studies a couple of the predicted origins of prostate cancer turned out to be lung cancer so with my lung nodule that has me a little concerned. Not sure how common those are. I've been pretty much solely focused on the prostate angle since the MRI. That's one of the reasons I want to get into the general oncologist for an overall viewpoint of all my testing to date and best path forward.

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