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Ed M and Sunny live in Virginia, USA. He was 66 when he was diagnosed in August, 2014. His initial PSA was 5.40 ng/ml, his Gleason Score was 6, and he was staged Unknown. His initial treatment choice was Undecided and his current treatment choice is None. Here is his story.

THERE WAS NO RESPONSE TO AN UPDATE REMINDER IN 2015 SO THERE IS NO UPDATE.

During visit to a new doctor (previous one retired) it was noticed they could not locate a PSA test result for past two years (2012, 2013), the tests they did find (2009, 2010, 2011 were 1.0, 1.1, 1.1 respectively. New PSA test ordered (7/18/14 as part of routine blood work for physical (diabetic); this test revealed a PSA of 5.4. My GP referred me to my urologist who recommended xrays and then a biopsy. Biopsy came back with a Gleason of 3+3= 6, Adenocarcinoma in upper left quadrant of prostate (Left Lat Base). 1 of 1 core involving 20% of sample. Prostavysion score 3-4 (4).

Listening to a medical radio talk show today there was a caller recently diagnosed with high PSA and his doctor was recommending a biopsy. The doctor (talk show host) told this gentlemen that he would not let them do a biopsy because this can cause any cancer to spread. He said there were other tests they could do to determine if it was/is cancer. Does anyone know if there is any truth to this? If it is true why do they recommend doing a biopsy?

Ed's e-mail address is: emarcum AT rsig.com (replace "AT" with "@")

NOTE: Ed has not updated his story for more than 15 months, so you may not receive any response from him.


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