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Posted by yarddogman @yarddogman, 1 day ago

Had mri done. Results: size 82cc found two lesion. One 8mm The other 6mm. Pirads 3. Doc wants to do a fusion biopsy. Psa has been hovering around 4 ,but six weeks ago 6.0 and three weeks later 4.8. I am 71 yrs old. Any thoughts. Thank you

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jeff Marchi | @jeffmarc | 12 hours ago
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@jeffmarc
Hello Jeff,
I saw you mentioned enlarged prostate.
My urologist wrote that mine was 94 cc.
How does an enlarged prostate affect prostate?

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A lot of times there are urinary issues and BPH problems when somebody has an enlarged prostate. Sometimes antibiotics can reduce the size, I know cases where it’s come down dramatically after being treated with antibiotics. I would imagine some people just have larger prostate than others, but that could produce more PSA and still be normal.

Frequently a larger prostate will have a higher PSA. As I’ve mentioned, I know somebody who had a really large one and his PSA was 50, but they never found any cancer after multiple biopsies. Unfortunately, he died of a different cancer so I couldn’t ask him how large his prostate was.

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harry100 | @harry100 | 12 hours ago
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@harry100
A lot of times there are urinary issues and BPH problems when somebody has an enlarged prostate. Sometimes antibiotics can reduce the size, I know cases where it’s come down dramatically after being treated with antibiotics. I would imagine some people just have larger prostate than others, but that could produce more PSA and still be normal.

Frequently a larger prostate will have a higher PSA. As I’ve mentioned, I know somebody who had a really large one and his PSA was 50, but they never found any cancer after multiple biopsies. Unfortunately, he died of a different cancer so I couldn’t ask him how large his prostate was.

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@jeffmarc
Thank You, Jeff.
This disease is a beast
So many moving parts...
Thanks again for answering my question.

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