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Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Apr 20 10:21am | Replies (9)Comment receiving replies
It has been 8 months since the last PSA. If that is not a typo (15 vs 5) what your PSA is and how fast it is rising is unknown. It can go from 15 to 5 if prostate was infected at time of the 15 or it could have been a lab error on either test. Get another PSA to confirm number and rate of increase. With the ExoDx and ISOPSA well into probable cancer likely there is at least low grade (3+3 or 3+4) prostate cancer. Skip the PSE ($1000) and go to a fusion biopsy to make sure the PIRAD3 is sampled. A PIRAD3 is not cancer most of the time but more likely with 2 tests indicating cancer.
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@jim18 Yes the PSA result at the 15 level was when the prostate was angry, the second PSA (5) was taken 4mths later after courses of antibiotics. The MRI and other tests were performed because I still complained of feeling like I'm constantly sitting on a baseball, not a comfortable feeling.
As I replied to one of the other folks here, trans-perineal biopsy scheduled two weeks ish from now. Just plodding through the data collection, till there is something actionable.