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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / May 2006Prostate feel hard ...does it mean?
I am having a biopsy because the doctor siad right side felt hard. Does this mean I have cancer???? >I am having a biopsy because the doctor siad right side felt hard. Does > this mean I have cancer???? No, not necessarily. That is why you are having the biopsy. The hardness could be due to other things...prostatitis, etc. The same thing happened to me two years ago. Unfortunately, it proved to be cancer in my case. Good luck, and keep us posted.  SignatureJerryW Please respond to group; email address is not valid 2/11/04 PSA 2.6, Suspicious DRE (age 62) 2/23/04 Biopsy: Gleason 3+4=7, T2a, left lobe 5/18/04 RRP, Path: Gleason 4+3=7, T2c, both lobes 7/13/04 PSA <0.1 10/12/04 PSA <0.1 1/18/05 PSA <0.1 4/26/05 PSA <0.1 10/13/05 PSA <0.1 3/28/06 PSA <0.1 >I am having a biopsy because the doctor siad right side felt hard. Does > this mean I have cancer???? No. There are two recognized 'indicators' of Prostate Cancer; PSA and DRE. Neither is an absolute. Nor is a combination of the two an absolute. That is why you get the biopsy. SignaturePSA 16 10/17/2000 @ 46 Biopsy 11/01/2000 G7 (3+4), T2c RRP 12/15/2000 G7 (3+4), T3cN0M0 Neg margins PSA .1 .1 .1 .27 .37 .75 EBRT 05-07/2002 @ 47 PSA .34 .22 .15 .21 .32 Lupron 07/03 (1 mo) 8/03 (4 mo), 12/03, 4/04, 09/04, 01/05, 5/05, 10/05, 2/06 PSA .07 .05 .06 .09 .08 .132 Non Illegitimi Carborundum > >> I am having a biopsy because the doctor siad right side felt hard. Does [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > is why you get the biopsy. > Agreed. With the caveat that the biopsy is not an absolute, either. There are several other staging tests that further narrow the focus, though they are not often performed. Biopsy is the next logical step, though. Regards, Steve J "We must tailor the treatment to the nature of the disease. We must listen to the biology." -- Stephen B. Strum, MD > though they are not often performed. Biopsy is the next logical step, I question this. We don't know his PSA, nor do we know his free PSA. Regardless of what the biopsy does or doesn't show, he won't be able to get a free PSA test for more than a month. So I think the PSA and fPSA is the next step before a biopsy, if not already done. >> though they are not often performed. Biopsy is the next logical step, > > I question this. We don't know his PSA, nor do we know his free PSA. > Regardless of what the biopsy does or doesn't show, he won't be able to > get a free PSA test for more than a month. So I think the PSA and fPSA > is the next step before a biopsy, if not already done. Maybe, but I suspect that regardless of the results, a biopsy is in his future. SignaturePSA 16 10/17/2000 @ 46 Biopsy 11/01/2000 G7 (3+4), T2c RRP 12/15/2000 G7 (3+4), T3cN0M0 Neg margins PSA .1 .1 .1 .27 .37 .75 EBRT 05-07/2002 @ 47 PSA .34 .22 .15 .21 .32 Lupron 07/03 (1 mo) 8/03 (4 mo), 12/03, 4/04, 09/04, 01/05, 5/05, 10/05, 2/06 PSA .07 .05 .06 .09 .08 .132 Non Illegitimi Carborundum In 1998, at age 74 my dad had a very hard ridge on his prostate. Seem like it was mid right side. Two uro's felt it with dre. his psa was around 9. They put him on Cipro. Did an 8 needle biopsy. No cancer. None. He had a dre recently and the uro said his age was 10 years older than his prostate. He celebrated his 82 birthday 05/02/06 by going out and helping brand his 70 head of spring calves,( re-tired rancher, he kept 72 cows for a hobby). I am 53, uro felt same sort of ridge. My biopsy showed cancer, Gleason 5+5=10 psa was 36.8. RP 03/13/06. Who knows? Good luck to you DINDO. You may have an infected prostate and cipro will fix it. I sure hope so. David Thank You Im so scared man!! > Thank You Im so scared man!! Of course, there have been different degrees exhibited by each of us, but the fact is, fear is a pretty universal emotion upon the eve of a possible diagnosis of cancer. SignaturePSA 16 10/17/2000 @ 46 Biopsy 11/01/2000 G7 (3+4), T2c RRP 12/15/2000 G7 (3+4), T3cN0M0 Neg margins PSA .1 .1 .1 .27 .37 .75 EBRT 05-07/2002 @ 47 PSA .34 .22 .15 .21 .32 Lupron 07/03 (1 mo) 8/03 (4 mo), 12/03, 4/04, 09/04, 01/05, 5/05, 10/05, 2/06 PSA .07 .05 .06 .09 .08 .132 Non Illegitimi Carborundum < fear is a pretty universal emotion upon the eve of a possible diagnosis of cancer. > I have a nephew that rode bareback broncs in the rodeos some years ago. Him and his friends (bull riders, bronc busters) had t-shirts showing bull and bronc riders. And the words.."NO FEAR". I got a t-shirt that said "SOME FEAR". Those kids laughed and always asked what the "SOME" was that scared me. I said I wasn't sure, but would know it when I saw it. I know now. |
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