High PSA levels

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bumping this up as my dad has high PSA level at recent checkup and doc scheduled an MRI for the end of July. No other symptoms. My parents are freaked out and said they can no longer make any plans until after the MRI- they cancelled attendance at a wedding for one week after the MRI. We were supposed to visit them in August too and they asked us to cancel our travel plans. Just curious how often high PSA levels result in prostate cancer diagnosis vs. something else? Dad is 75.

Did they indicate he’d probably need a biopsy too? Although I agree with PP that that could take a while to schedule if they haven’t already. It’s pretty unlikely they’d get him in for that a week later.

[Anonymous]

MRI is done as a first step so they can perform a guided biopsy of any suspicious findings. First step is usually plain ultrasound biopsy (no MRI, fewer tissue samples, less invasive), the MRI plus guided biopsy is a more advanced diagnosis tool, more invasive, more tissue samples, the biopsy done under anesthesia.

[Anonymous]

Are you experiencing symptoms?

Especially at 75 I think a lot of doctors would think the downsides of treatment outweigh the upsides