thanks for the info john T, just saw it today....
good news! biopsy was negative. 12 samples taken, most in the suspect area which was targeted via (a) 3D rendering with MRI, and (b) magnetic resonance guidance for needle p lacement. (wording here...
thanks for the reply, david. i was unaware of the psa indicators re surgery and radiation. i guess that makes sense because surgery and radiation patients no longer have any prostate, and should have...
I had the left side of my prostate ablated via HIFU in December 2011. All went well. PSA before HIFU was only 1.85 (but up from 1.21 a year before). MRI indicated 80% chance of cancer and biopsy...
thanks much, larch for all the great info, and for sharing your experiences. i hear you on the "get it all out" approach. however, as i continue to do research on this matter, i am still leaning to...
thanks fertree, you must be responding to my earlier post--see my most recent post immediatelyh above yours. but you are right. with 5mg of valium an hour before, and local anesthetic (lidocaine) of...
THANKS MUCH, Larch. i know no one who has done hifu and so would very much welcome hearing anything and everything you have to offer on this subject, including your experiences, suggestions of what...
update: mri showed area on left side suspicious for cancer. dr scionti did a biopsy taking 16 (vs 12) specimens, targeting the suspect area. nonaggressive cancer (1.2 cm, gleason 6) was located...
ok, thank you for your input. just to be clear, there was no biopsy with the uromri, just "picture taking," if you will. curiously, despite what the website says about using a uromri guided biopsy in...
jxmuldoon. not sure what the basis was, i did not inquire. the article you cite is about "endorectal mri." is that the same mri as the "uromri" described here...
thank you ALL very much for the feedback, information, and suggestions. an update of my own situation and particulars follow, fyi, along with replies to individual messages. i called my second...
hello, i'm new here and my situation is as follows. comments sought and welcome. during a recent digital exam, my brooklyn urologist "felt something on the left side...two small bumps" that weren't...