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Biopsy Results and treatment concerns
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jul 2, 2025 | Replies (13)Comment receiving replies
Thank you. I appreciate the reply and information.
The tumor is new. I asked largely the same question and my doctor was very clear... It's new. My PSA has never been all that high. The last 30 months the range is 3.9 - 4.7. No seminal vesicle invasion or extraprostatic extension noted in the biopsy notes.
My doctor did spend a fair amount of time talking to me about Cribiform as have several of you all on this site.
PSMA PET scan on my list to request - thank you.
Thank you - good Health to You.
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Excellent; sounds like you’ve got things covered and have a good patient-doctor relationship.
The reason I asked if it was actually a new tumor was because in my case, my first two biopsies were “blind” biopsies. Later with an MRI-guided biopsy they found a lesion. So, I’ll never know if that was a new lesion or one that the “blind” biopsy simply missed.
Mayo Clinic utilizes age-specific reference ranges for PSA tests to assess prostate cancer risk, with higher levels considered more suggestive of cancer in older men. Your PSA appears to have been in that range. (Even though prostate cancers can occur with lower PSAs.)