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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / May 2004Youngest age for disease?
Was curious to know what's the youngest age known to have prostate cancer? I may have gotten into that group in my locality but being diagnosed at age 42, but i'm sure i've had it at 41, maybe alittle sooner, perhaps at 40. I had RP surgery over a yr. ago, my erections are strong when I get them, intensity is much more intense then before. Only problem is occasional urine leaking due to high blood pressure pills. Otherwise, I'm definitely glad my doctor performed the nerve sparing procedure. BTW, all of my follow ups have been less than .01 PSA, or less than .1, I can't really remember. Al Please be quiet if replying via email, flames will be deleted promptly. I won't even read the whole message... Hay, another Youngun <G> I was 39 at diagnosis but I have been in contact (unfortunately no emails from him in three weeks) with a "boy" that was 27 at diag with a psa of over 500 (the actual number eludes me right now). An unfortunate club to join at any age, but welcome. Dwight > Was curious to know what's the youngest age known to have prostate > cancer? I may have gotten into that group in my locality but being [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > flames will be deleted promptly. > I won't even read the whole message... There have been autopsy series in which prostate cancer has been found in men in their 20s. This is an incidental finding and not why they died (I believe it was a military series), so for sure they weren't symptomatic. Who knows what we'd find if we did a bunch of biopsies on 20 year olds... The development of cancer is a slow process in most cases and the tissue goes from normal to dysplastic (abnormal but not cancer) to cancer. Probably everyone in this group actually could have been diagnosed years earlier, but the cancer had not gotten to the stage of raising the PSA yet. CPW *There have been autopsy series in which prostate cancer has been found *in men in their 20s. <snip> Wow, that's pretty darm young! I guess it shouldn't come as a surprise, given how radical our environments and lifestyles have changed over time. Al Please be quiet if replying via email, flames will be deleted promptly. I won't even read the whole message... I still consider myself too young to be delt this hand at 48. The only one in the family to get it and it certainly was a blow to dad. The news took the color out of his face for a while. MrBill age at diagnosis 48 PSA 1.4 Gleason 3+3=6 T2a robotic RRP 12/15/03 PSA 4/2 = <.1 age 49 > Hay, another Youngun <G> > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > flames will be deleted promptly. > > I won't even read the whole message... i knew of a man who was age 36 and had an RP. ~ curtis knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional "Many more men die with prostate cancer than of it. Growing old is invariably fatal. Prostate cancer is only sometimes so." Welcome! I hope you stay around awhile. My dad had the symptoms at 40, but was not dx'd until 42. DF is the current winner in age category in this NG. He was 39. Lorelei's husband comes in second at 40. We've had a couple of 41s, but I don't think they post anymore. And, these are only the 300 or so that I've seen since arriving here in 2001.  SignatureProstate Cancer Survivor (so far), not a doctor PSA 16 10/17/2000 @ 46 Biopsy 11/01/2000 G7 (3+4), T2c RRP 12/15/2000 PSA .1 .1 .1 .27 .37 .75 EBRT 05-07/2002 @ 47 PSA .34 .22 .15 .21 .32 Erection 05/12/2003 @ 48 HTbegins 07/21/2003 @ 48 PSA .07 .05 Lupron 7/03, 8/03, 12/03, 4/04 > Was curious to know what's the youngest age known to have prostate > cancer? I may have gotten into that group in my locality but being [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > flames will be deleted promptly. > I won't even read the whole message... Oh, BTW, I'm sure it was "less than 0.1" I dont' think they have a machine yet that grades "less than 0.01" SignatureProstate Cancer Survivor (so far), not a doctor PSA 16 10/17/2000 @ 46 Biopsy 11/01/2000 G7 (3+4), T2c RRP 12/15/2000 PSA .1 .1 .1 .27 .37 .75 EBRT 05-07/2002 @ 47 PSA .34 .22 .15 .21 .32 Erection 05/12/2003 @ 48 HTbegins 07/21/2003 @ 48 PSA .07 .05 Lupron 7/03, 8/03, 12/03, 4/04 > Was curious to know what's the youngest age known to have prostate > cancer? I may have gotten into that group in my locality but being [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > flames will be deleted promptly. > I won't even read the whole message... Steve...FWIW, less than 0.1, less than 0.04 and less than 0.01 ng/ml are 3 of the most common PSA assay lower detetction limits...Ron > Oh, BTW, I'm sure it was "less than 0.1" I dont' think they have a machine > yet that grades "less than 0.01" Less than 0.01? I'll be damned. > Steve...FWIW, less than 0.1, less than 0.04 and less than 0.01 ng/ml > are 3 of the most common PSA assay lower detetction limits...Ron > > > Oh, BTW, I'm sure it was "less than 0.1" I dont' think they have a machine > > yet that grades "less than 0.01" |
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