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Rising PSA - next step options
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jul 28 3:27pm | Replies (34)Comment receiving replies
I don't believe anything has "happened" to DREs.
In my case, since my routinely checked PSA was on the high side, I was referred to a urologist who indeed performed the DRE (don't know why my PCP couldn't have / didn't do it).
Based on his finding a nodule, I was then referred for a scan, which led to the biopsy, and the rest, as they say, will be history...
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I saw the post by tjs911 about DREs but chose not to answer as could only give my personal experience with it.
Every time I see my R/O after my radiation treatment he did a DRE. My urologist also did DRE before ordering a MRI with contrast. Doing a DRE is looking for hardness, lumps, etc. which clearly indicate a need to do a MRI or further investigation into why there (this was an answer from my urologist). He went on to say to me that even though a DRE would be normal having rising PSA was ground to so a MRI with contrast as with prostate cancer in early stages you are dealing with it a cellular level.