[noboat]

I recently had a needle biopsy of the prostate, my physician told me no cancer was detected, just benign enlargement. She also made the statement "that doesn't mean you don't have cancer" would someone please elaborate on what that means? Thks noboat

[inthebox]

Noboat:


Presumably you had a biopsy of a prostate nodule.
It was benign, meaning no cancer.

Benign prostatic hypertrophy is very common especially the older a man gets.

The needle biopsy cannot rule out cancer in othe areas of the prostate that were not biopsied, and this does not mean you have no possibility of developing prostate cancer in the future.

You should have a psa [prostate specific antigen] blood test at least every year and more often if it is elevated. This is a very effective method of prostate cancer screening.




Grace and Peace

[Mapleleafpete]

I will add that normal PSA levels are 4.0 but has you get older the levels will rise.There is a chart somewhere online you can look up to see what your PSA levels should be at for your age group