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To: dayglored

If I were you, I would request an MRI. In other countries, they use 3.0 as the “normal” limit. My PSA was 7.2, and I had prostate cancer which was subsequently successfully treated through proton radiation and ADT.


16 posted on 07/03/2026 1:41:10 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: DennisR

Stress may be a factor. When I retired my psa went down.


18 posted on 07/03/2026 1:46:19 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: DennisR; central_va

I’m thinking about asking for an MRI. There are a lot of factors: age, the BPH, stress, exercise, sexual activity…. It’s all about how much of the PSA leaks out of your prostate into your blood.

Allegedly for me at 74 a PSA of 4 is considered normal simply because the prostate gets increasingly leaky with age. So the occasional spike to 7 isn’t necessarily bad if it comes down again.

Nevertheless more data is a good thing.


20 posted on 07/03/2026 2:13:40 PM PDT by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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