BIOPSY

The nurse that did mine told me right away, but he had been doing it for 25 years, but I did see my Dr within a week.

Hoping we will get results quickly. 

Hope your results were OK?

Hello Again LEW1 

Another welcome to the Group.  i can appreciate your worry with Prostate Cancer being in the family. Your husband does have a fairly low PSA score (although it's slightly raised) and PIRADS 3 indicated there COULD be cancer so the biopsy is necessary to either confirm or rule out the cancer diagnosis.

Good luck with the results - they can take up to 6 weeks depending on your Health Authority.

Feel free to ask any questions however trivial - you will get answers.

Best wishes - Brian.

I had a psa of 0.4 turnout I had a gleeson of 8 . My psa is very low and they missed it for nearly 10vyears

Hello LEW1 and welcome. Your husband has a 'chunky' prostate which is nothing unusual but can start to cause problems with the water works as you get older. The prostate density (PSA/PROSTATE VOLUME) is below the level of concern. Did the doctor do a DRE (finger up the bum test) and did the MRI show what size and where the area of concern is? Histology is key but with these statistics there is a low likelihood of finding prostate cancer of any significance.

Hello Inverurie 

Yes, I am aware that a PSA test in itself isn't the "Gold Standard" for the diagnosis of Prostate Cancer - the MRI / PET Scan are the best 2 indicators at this time. 

Prostate Cancer UK state that between 10% and 15% of men tested with a PSA of less than 4 have Prostate Cancer.

This is one of the reasons a new test for Prostate Cancer is needed - I am aware there are at least 3 new tests being trialed - let's hope these and a testing programme for all men at 50 can be rolled out as soon as possible.

Best wishes - Brian.

They definitely need more suitable testing,  since I started on hormone drugs my psa has dropped to 0.075 from 0.4 in Feb, 3 months.

Hi there. Yes he did have a DRE at the surgery. Dr said it seemed OK. There was an area of indeterminate changes within the prostrate

Sorry to read this 

Hello Inverurie 

That's just what should happen. In theory the Hormone Therapy puts the cancer to sleep and the Radiotherapy kills it. As they say on TV "simples".

Best wishes - Brian.