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When to get a biopsy?
by: Ed on Wed, Nov 18 2009
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Over the past three years, my PSA level has risen slowly but steadily. My digital rectal exam showed good results, soft tissue etc. I am 56, and my latest PSA was 4.3 with a free PSA of 19. My previous test showed 3.2 for the PSA and the one a year earlier showed 2.8. My urologist has shown no urgency for me to get a biopsy, but friends think I’m nuts not to get one. Your opinion?


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  1. Fri, Dec 11 2009
    Some men say a prostate biopsy is no big deal. I disagree. I am 59 and my psa jumped from 4.1 to 7.6 over a two years span. I had a 12 samples trans-...Read
  2. Fri, Nov 20 2009
    I have had two unnecessary biopsies in the past 11 years (I am 65) due to my PSA going up over the magic “4”. My urologists, two different cities, bot...Read

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  • When to get a biopsy? - by Ed - (Wed, Nov 18 2009)
    Over the past three years, my PSA level has risen slowly but steadily. My digital rectal exam showed good results, soft tissue etc. I am 56, and my latest PSA was 4.3 with a free PSA of 19. [more..]

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