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PSA went from 3.9 in November to 4.3 yesterday

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: 14 hours ago | Replies (23)
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@yeoldefogey

@jayhall and you both have provided information I didn't know. Last time I saw the urologist he only mentioned the MRI and some sort of ultrasound, so I will definitely ask about these tests. I'd rather do those before an MRI or biopsy. Thanks!

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survivor5280 | @survivor5280 | 2 days ago

The ultrasound might be the biopsy. They could do the ultrasound only but while they are in there it would make sense to do the whole thing. It's likely the same device that goes up in you, just a difference if if they pull that dreaded trigger 12 times.

The PSE is just an enhanced PSA test, the likely replacement for it would be my guess, but it's still three times the cost of a standard and cheap PSA so it's step 2 generally.

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