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Prostrate cancer symptoms in male aged 76
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Jul 26 6:11pm | Replies (15)Comment receiving replies
Breast milk contains PSA (but that’s a whole different conversation).
Even PSMA (prostate specific membrane antigen) is not “prostate cancer specific.” A dozen other organs/tissues/fluids will light up with a PSMA PET scan and not be prostate cancer.
One must tip-toe around these terms.
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I did not mention PSMA Pet Scan in my post above. That was another poster.
What I was trying to get across from my personal experience with this is a PSA test does not determine if you have, or don't have, prostate cancer. It is just another test to determine need to do more testing. What my R/Os, urologist, and PCP it is much more worrisome to have a rising PSA number over time.
I hope from my post the original poster will read from my personal experience that taking the PSA test alone would remove any worry about having prostate cancer. I gave my personal experience with PSA test being below normal and I was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
In my case an excellent PCP did not like rising PSA numbers over the years. He referred me to a urologist who found my DRE normal. But again neither like the rising numbers and even though my PSA was below normal he ordered MRI/contrast, and from that Transperenial MRI/Fusion biopsies.
Again I hope through my experience with PSA tests and my experience with my R/Os, PCP, and urologist a high PSA does not confirm, nor confirm prostate cancer. It should be used just like one poster mentioned a check lite on your engine.