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Your prostate is pretty large. That results in a higher PSA. I know a guy whose PSA was 50 and had a huge prostate. Had multiple biopsies they never found anything.

As @brianjarvis says, The family history of prostate cancer is your biggest worry. My father died of prostate cancer at 88. My brother and I both got it, I got it at 62. He got it at 77 after years of active surveillance..

The fact that your father had it doubles your chance of getting it. Getting a biopsy is pretty straightforward. The doctor can use the MRI for direction with some of the biopsy cores By targeting the tumor that is PIRADS 2.

I had a couple of Transrectal Biopsies and they were really, no big deal. Of course, today I would want a transperennial biopsy, since it can access more of the prostate and reduce the chance of infection.

I also had a prostatectomy at 62. I got it a lot earlier than my brother because I have BRCA2.

The fact that your father got prostate cancer so young and that you may face it means that There may be a genetic reason for it. You could get genetic testing to find out if it could be a factor. Does anybody else in your family have cancer? You can get it here for free, takes 2 to 3 weeks to get the results and a genetic counselor will call you. They will send you a kit that you return in the mail. You have to live in the USA to get this test for free.

Prostatecancerpromise.org

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@jeffmarc appreciate your response. I tried that but did not qualify because I have not been diagnosed with cancer yet. On my pirads two MRI there are no lesions so my urologist said there would be nothing to target. Essentially what he offered was a standard 12 core transrectal essentially blind,