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Jay Motola

Urologist

How Often are Biopsies Needed When You Have a High-Grade PIN?

Dear Dr. Motola, I am a healthy, very active 71 year old male. MY PSA level increased over the past 16 months from 2.1 to 3.2 and as a consequence my new urologist suggested a biopsy even though his digital rectal exam showed a healthy prostate. The biopsy (12 samples taken) showed 4 areas of high-grade PIN. My urologist suggested that... Read more Chevron

posted 01/16/2008, comments (0)|

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Marc Greenstein

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Rising PSA after Surgery

A 62-year-old patient had surgery to remove his cancerous prostate gland about 6 years ago. Two years after surgery his PSA started to rise and now his PSA is 4.6 ng/ml. I hate to say it but, it is clear that this patient has failed surgery and has "biochemical failure." In other words, his prostate was removed but there is something in... Read more Chevron

posted 12/17/2007, comments (2)|

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dalemilton

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Living With Enlarged Prostate

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Impact on PSA after stop taking Proscar - Velocity of PSA Increase

I have an enlarged prostate and started taking Proscar when I was 59 at that time I had a psa level of 2.71 my psa gradually decreased to .089 4 years latter and after a micro wave preocedure. My Dr then had me stop taking proscar at age 64, 6 months latter my psa was 3.12 and one year latter, today, it is 3.2. Obviously the... Read more Chevron

posted 12/14/2007, comments (0)|

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Marc Greenstein

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The Results Are In: Do Robotic Prostatectomies Work?

In the October 2007 edition of the journal Cancer, the first article reviewing five years of data on robotic prostatectomies was published. This is a landmark paper in the field of robotic surgery and prostate cancer. Dr. Mani Menon, a urologist at Henry Ford Hospital, senior authored this paper reviewing his experience of 2,766 men who underwent... Read more Chevron

posted 12/10/2007, comments (0)|

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Kajal K Ghosh

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Living With Prostate Cancer

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Rising PSA after Radical Prostate surgery

I had my prostate removed by surgery after detection of Prostate cancer in September 2001I am not under any medication now. Two years after surgery my PSA started to rise now my PSA is 4.6 .I am 62 years old. I have no physical problem right now.Is there any good answer why my PSA is rising and what will be the best option of treatment for me noe... Read more Chevron

posted 12/07/2007, comment (1)|

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