I'm hoping to get a biopsy in the next month with the trus biopsy system they just got in Austin Texas where they overlay the MRI images onto the TRUS screen so that the urologist can precisely...
I've done a lot of math concerning the issue too. My confusion is that a heathy prostate typically excretes about 0.05 ng of psa for every 1 cc of prostate volume. The average prostate at my age has...
Thanks for the encouragement Z06dude. If I could have the outcome you had I would almost welcome having a low grade tumor. I'm beginning to find some of the symptoms of an enlarged prostate a little...
Link to nomogram that calculates risk of prostate cancer using PSA, PSAD and free psa http://jkms.org/DOIx.php?id=10.3346/jkms.2014.29.3.338...
Thanks for input everyone. A little more info on my condition. I'm 58. I've had 3 PSA measurements and 3 DRE's (all normal) in the last 6 years 3/2008 2.6 9/2010 3.2 5/2014 4.1 Free PSA of 18% MRI...
I was recently referred to a urologist because I had a PSA score 4.1 (my free PSA was 18%). He instructed me to have an MRI to be used for a guided biopsy. The MRI came back ambiguous (MRI score of...
A healthy prostate has a PSA density of 0.066 or less. Having a PSAD under 0.15 is definitely a good thing and indicates there is less chance that you have prostate cancer. But again like EVERY test...