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Super interesting read. I had prostate cancer 15 years ago at age 40 and had my prostate surgically removed, fully recovered now but it was stressful. It's grea
by zwieback 5y ago
Super interesting read. I had prostate cancer 15 years ago at age 40 and had my prostate surgically removed, fully recovered now but it was stressful. It's great to see so much progress in the diagnostic field since the decision to have surgery is not an easy one. It's almost like there are two versions: the one you can live with for a long long time and the kind that kills you quick. Since the PSA test is so sensitive but not terribly specific a lot of men have to make a call based on pretty low-quality information, better diagnostics will go a long way toward helping in that area.
Paradoxically, for me the PSA test now is a great tool. Since it's very sensitive anything other than zero is a sign something is going on, if you still have your prostate PSA bounces around quite a bit even if you don't have cancer so it's a terrible first diagnostic.