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I have had a saturation biopsy which did not detect my cancer. I then had the TURP procedure. This was done in the hospital and I stayed one night and had to wear a catheter for a few days. It was a larger catheter than I wore later after my RP. H...
Steve,
Actually, when I asked my uro what a saturation biopsy entailed he described the procedure and I told him that sounded like a TURP and he said that was what it was..I suppose a saturation biopsy could be interpreted differently depending on...
Art,
Please check you last post. I think you meant TRUS (transrectal ultrasound) biopsy not TURP (transurethral resection of the prostate). These are very different procedures.
Thanks,
Steve Z
Randy,
You need to find out from your doctor what he has in mind first. Call him up and let us know.
As your current post currently stands, readers don't know what procedure you are asking them to comment on.
Steve Z
Hi Randy,
My uro had suggested a "saturation biopsy" a few months ago,,,but my psa has fallen slowly,consistently over the past few months so we have held off...my first biopsy(6 cores) came back totally negative...he said the saturation biopsy wa...
I have had two needle biopsies--one of 6 samples the other 12 samples. I am currently seeing a different urologist at Roswell Cancer center. Since my psa is hight 9+, which is down from 10+, he wants to do a saturation biopsy in which he will take...
Amen.
Art:
If your PSA level is dropping, then whatever your problem might be it would seem to be under control ... and I think the plan that your doctor has outlined makes sense.
Hey Mike,
Well I got my PSA back again (3 months ago, 3.8) and it has gone down to 3.2...We didn't do the free/total because Dr. said that when the baseline PSA was below 4 it was harder to evaluate..anyway, I was a little discouraged because I th...
Hey Steve,
Long time since I've been on...really only about a month..anyway, I returned to my urologist and the psa has gone down and free/total has gone up...both in the right direction..we have decided to stay on the Avodart for 3 more months an...
Art: This sounds like a good decision ... and if Mrs Art is happy too, what more could you possibly want?! :O)
Mike,
Got another psa back and it has dropped again to 3.8( 1month ago, 4.1) My urologist doesn't think the avodart has caused this drop yet because I've only been on it 36 days to date and he said it generally took 4-6 months to see a difference....
Hey Steve,
I haven't been on in a while...just waiting for the next PSA blood test...I got the results back today after a month and the baseline psa dropped to 3.8...month ago it was 4.1 and it appears to be going in the right direction...my free/...
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- At 5:15pm on March 3, 2009,
George A. Brown said… - Hi Art,
Welcome to the site. Usually biopsies are 12 cores, six on each 1/2 of the prostate. A saturation biopsy could be 20 to 60 cores depending on the urologist. How was your DRE, any indications of abnormalaties? Please keep us posted as to how things go tomorrow. Thanks. George
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- Have you been diagnosed with prostate cancer?
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- What brings you to the New Prostate Cancer InfoLink social network?
- rising psa
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- WM/55 yrs old.;saw my psa rise from 0.4 to 4.4 in 1 year..primary physican did another in month and it rose to over 5 referred to urologist and he did a biopsy(6 samples) came back negative.another psa in 6 months...came back 7.1..getting free/total psa tomorrow(3-4-09) next step a saturation biopsy. I am wanting to know if someone has had a sat.biopsy and any info I can get on this..thanks
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