Can This Test Be Saved? Improving on PSA for Prostate Cancer Screening

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ensuevaFlerse of AL 10:36PM April 01, 2010

Every man that I know who has/had prostate cancer found it through having a PSA test. So why wouldn't you have one? By the way, I'm the chapter leader for a prostate cancer education & support group so that's quite a few men.

Jean of ID 7:19PM April 01, 2010

Last August after a routine annual check-up it was discovered that my PSA level was at 63. After a visit to the urologist for a DRE and subsequent biopsy, I learned that I had an advanced and aggressive type of prostate cancer.
The cancer had spread beyond the membrane capsule that surrounds the prostate gland and into the surrounding nerve bundles - but so far, no further.
I had no symptoms or signs tat would have prompted me to reach out to my doctor or a urologist. If it had not been for the PSA test I had requested, the story would have been very different the next time I had my annual check-up.
Since my surgery in October '09, I have met or been in touch with other men (ages 40 to 54) whose stories were not all that different than mine. The PSA test is only the first of a series of steps in determining a course of action toward treatment of this disease. Until more accurate test comes along, don't take away or discourage patients from one of the easiest ways of detecting this silent killer.
In 2009 there were nearly 200,000 newly diagnosed cases of prostate cancer in the US . . . . and more than 20,000 men died from the disease. When detected early, prostate cancer is nearly 100% curable. Early testing is the key.

Christopher of CT 2:52PM March 30, 2010

My husband had a very low count from his PSA Test and the Dr. was sure that he did not have Cancer--but to be sure he did byopsy and all 10 samples had cancer in them--the fast moving kind and his prostate was only 60% full so the big C never got any other place before he had the Radical Prostate Surgery--his sex life is also over. But he is still here so that is a good thing.

Marlene 10:59PM March 29, 2010