Prostate Biopsy
should this person have a prostate biopsy?
A 45 year old with no family history of prostate problems has a high psa and free psa test. No problem with the digital exam. Goes to a Urologist has a digital exam. No problem. Possibly a asymetrical prostate. Doctor orders a biopsy based on the psa test only. Doesn’t recommend another psa test. Is this a bit radical.
also, no urinary problems. no problem peeing,etc.
High psa is worth worrying about. If it had been a high psa and a low free psa, it would have actually been worse.
The biopsy is necessary, you don’t muck around as some forms of prostate cancer are fast growing. There’s nothing wrong with asking for another PSA test first.
The biopsy is uncomfortable but not too painful
Prostate Biopsy: When Do You Need One?
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Prostate Ultrasound and Biopsy (Urology) This videotape tastefully demonstrates transrectal ultrasound and needle biopsy of the prostate, emphasizing that both procedures are quick and cause only minimal discomfort. Early detection is highlighted as the most important aspect of successful prostate cancer therapy. Approx. six minutes long…. |
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Your Prostate Biopsy is Positive: Here’s What You Should Know … |
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Prostate – All Natural Herbal Supplement for Healthy Prostate Function – 100 Capsules $14.64 Prostate* – 100 Capsules – 448 mg. The prostate is a male gland that is just below the bladder. The urethra, a tube through which urine flows from the bladder and out of the body, runs through the prostate. Abnormal enlargement of the prostate gland is common among men 50 years old or older. When enlarged it can cause pressure on the urethra which hinders the flow of urine and they have problems … |
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Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers: No More Unnecessary Biopsies, Radical Treatment or Loss of Sexual Potency $15.57 Every year almost a quarter of a million confused and frightened American men are tossed into a prostate cancer cauldron stirred by salespeople representing a multibillion-dollar industry. In this flourishing business, the radical prostatectomy is still the most widely recommended treatment option. Yet a recent and definitive study in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that out of the f… |
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The Decision: Your prostate biopsy shows cancer. Now what?: Medical insight, personal stories, and humor by a urologist who has been where you are now. (Volume 1) $10.35 Over 200,000 times a year in the U.S. a patient will leave his urologist’s office having been told he has prostate cancer. What the patient thought to be a disease of old men from which they do not die, now becomes a very complicated and frustrating dilemma about which treatment to pursue. “The Decision” offers the reader an insider’s view to the key issues necessary for a well thought-out treatme… |
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