You gotta g et regularly screened.
The trend is important as well as the slope of the PSA result line. I have had BPH for over 15 years (Im 75), with a slowly rising PSA, but never over 4. That is, until it popped to 6.5. Then I was referred to a urologist, MRI, biopsy and PCa diagnosis. Symptoms never really progressed, it was the abrupt change in PSA that made the difference.
Hi
. Yes. I don't know if you ever heard of it referred to as PSA velocity, but it is another term for what you called velocity. In this article on why he uses specialists our contributor Len describes how his PSA jumping from 0.6 to 2.6 triggered his Gleason 9 cancer being found: https://prostatecancer.net/living/healthcare-specialist. Have you decided on or started a treatment yet? Wishing you the best. Richard (Team Member) Thank you so much for your interest in my situation. AFter an MRI that found a lesion graded at a 4, Dr. decided it was time for a biopsy. PSA has drifted down since. Biopsy revealed the lesion identified in the MRI was benign, but Dr. found two other "low grade cancer" tumors, Gleason 6. Ill return in 6 months for another blood test.
