Re: PSA rise over 12 months
- From: "Alan Meyer" <ameyer2@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 15:45:57 -0400
"Pete" <sspeb@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:e5p0bc$9hi$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
HiPete,
I was just wonder whether I ought to be concerned over my recent PSA test that showed a
rise from 2.1 to 2.7 over 12 month period.
I am 49 years old and my brother had prostate cancer last years (at 57). My GP want to
repeat the PSA test in 3 months to get another comparison.
I basically feel okay, infact other blood tests for LFT and Cholesterol were better than
a year ago.
Best wishes
Pete
sspeb@xxxxxxxxxxx
Be sure not to have sex for several days before your next
PSA test, and be sure that no digital rectal exam is done
right before the test. Either one of those events could
artificially and temporarily raise your PSA - giving you a
false high reading on the test.
Your doctor is doing the right thing to follow this. Your
PSA is higher than average and, with cancer in the family,
the process could be beginning for you too.
Get tested regularly. If cancer is developing, you'll have
caught it early enough to have an excellent chance of a
complete cure.
You can ask more questions like this in
alt.support.cancer.prostate.
Good luck.
Alan
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