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Continue PSA surveillance or have a Prostate MRI?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Oct 28, 2023 | Replies (42)
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Your story about the urologist of renown reminds me that when my father was actually hospitalized for the final time with metastatic lung cancer, his cancer doctor never showed up in the hospital. Perhaps the urologist of renown could consider a similar strategy?

From cancer.org "Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in American men, behind only lung cancer. About 1 man in 41 will die of prostate cancer. Prostate cancer can be a serious disease, but most men diagnosed with prostate cancer do not die from it."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6497009/ "Prostate cancer is the second most frequent cancer diagnosis made in men and the fifth leading cause of death worldwide...."

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jrobitai | @jrobitai | Oct 19, 2023

Yea, hard to argue those fact but I thought I was clear - IDK if I heard correctly & am planning to clarify.

There are very different types of prostate cancer, really aggressive to slow growing.

The point is the gent's 72 w/a 7.x PSA prob isn't a reason to freak out, rather to weigh things out.

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