My doctor has never ordered a PSA test nor has he ever stuck his finger up my bum to see if my prostate is enlarged. I do sometimes have a bit of trouble urinating. But not sure if the PSA is worth it.
It’s amazing that there seems to be no simple noninvasive or minimally invasive screening for such a significant type of cancer. It’s almost as if all the money going to other stuff.
For me, a routine blood workup prior to elective surgery came back with an elevated PSA.
Doc recommended a urologist who examined me, and then scheduled the MRI.
The MRI showed i most likely had cancer and then the doc ordered a needle biopsy.
Net: I did indeed have cancer and went through radiation to get rid of it.
5 1/2 years cancer free.
What this adds up to is that a PSA test does NOT indicate or diagnose cancer but follow on testing does.
Glad I watched my PSA. You should too.
“My doctor has never ordered a PSA test nor has he ever stuck his finger up my bum to see if my prostate is enlarged.”
I would find another doctor.