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Multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) over diagnosis?
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Dec 14, 2023 | Replies (32)Comment receiving replies
Just found your other thread.
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/selecting-active-survelliance-based-gg1-and-small-amount-of-gg2/
If it were me, I would wait another 6 months, check my PSA (I would not want to have another biopsy) and take it from there.
Why would I say that? I waited almost 6 years and watched my PSA go from about 6 to 18 over that time. I am not suggesting that you should wait until your PSA is 18....in fact I think 12 or so might be the sweet spot.
In most cases, prostate cancer is very, very slow growing but everyone's risk profile is unique and it is you who ultimately has to make the big decisions. It isn't easy but we all wish you the best.
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As you wrote, "in most cases" PC is slow-growing; unfortunately, mine was one of the 5% or so which is fast-growing (the kind that often hits in your 50s). If you're relatively younger, I wouldn't sit and wait with any PSA much above 3.