Last year, I had (2) PSA BLOOD TESTS.    THE FIRST ONE WAS AT 3.80.    THE SECOND TEST WAS AT 1.51 WITH A fPSA READING OF 43%.   RECENTLY, I HAD (2) PSA BLOOD TESTS.    THE FIRST ONE WAS AT 7.79 AND THE SECOND WAS AT 8.3 WITH A fPSA OF 27%.

A DRE EXAM REVEALED A "SLIGHTLY ENLARGEED" PROSTATE WITH NO TUMORS DETECTED.   THE UROLOGIST SAID I HAD A

1 in 8  to 1 in 10  CHANCE OF HAVING PROSTATE CANCER IF I WAS TO TAKE A PROSTATE BIOPSY NOW.   I WAS PRESCRIBED CIPRO FOR TWO WEEKS AND THEREAFTER WILL TAKE AN ADDITIONAL PSA AND fPSA BLOOD TEST.   I WAS ALSO PRESCRIBED FLOMAX.

THE FIRST UROLOGIST OF A YEAR AGO TOOK A RECTAL SONOGRAM IN WHICH HE SAID HE DETECTED A "PERIPHERAL ZONE NODULE"   THE SECOND UROLGIST OF MY RECENT TESTS SAID HE DETECTED NO NODULES DURING HIS DRE EXAMINATION.

HE ALSO SAID THAT A DRE IS NOT 100%.    HE SAID THE SONOGRAM TEST IS OF NO CONSEQUENCE.    I'M CONFUSED.  ON THE INTERNET I PERUSED SEVERAL PROSTATE SITES THAT DESCRIBED "SIDE EFFECTS" OF A PROSTATE BIOPSY.    IF THERE IS CANCER THE BIOPSY CAN METASTISIZE THE CANCER TO OTHER ORGANS AS WELL AS THE LYMPH NODES.