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Best wishes! Not to scare you, but want to inform you. PSA test alone cannot confirm what you have on prostate. DRE only see the back wall of prostate glad. If you're worried about elevating PSA, please talk to your doctor about getting MP-MRI (3T one) to check because it can visualize the entire prostate gland.

My husband was 47 with elevated PSA of 6.2. His DRE exam was normal and found nothing. However, the chief urologist said to be on the safe side, he should get 3T-MRI to check the entire prostate gland. We're thankful for his prompt action because my husband actually had prostate cancer, which were found in the front of prostate gland that DRE exam couldn't access. It explained why his DRE exam was normal.

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Replies to "Best wishes! Not to scare you, but want to inform you. PSA test alone cannot confirm..."

Im tring not to panic at this point, I have a retest in 10 days and will
proceed from there. My psa 3 years ago jumped up over normal range 3 years
ago, then after retest it went back to 2.1. If its still elevated after
retest then they will do an mri.