What Stage?

Georges Calvez said:

Could be anything

Hi there,

Going on the available information it could be anything but the likeliest is stage 1 or 2, balance of probabilities is that it is Grade 7, either 3+4 or 4+3 because they are the majority of cancers.
There is a chance that it is worse, but until you have a biopsy and maybe further tests you won't know.

Best wishes,

Georges

Thanks for your answer Georges I just hope it's treatable either way especially as I have a young child and triplets due in less than 3 weeks time, I would like to see them grow up!

Georges Calvez said:

Good chance

Hi there,

There is a very good chance that it is treatable and you will recover more or less.
Treatment may have side effects, but they are better than dying.
The risk of a really nasty cancer is quite low in your case, they are still treatable, and some men live with them for years.
The chance of being cured or dying with, rather than from, prostate cancer is very good, you have to be fairly unlucky to cash your chips with this one.

Best wishes,

Georges

Thanks Georges that's given me a bit of a boost!

Clevelandguy said:

How bad?

Hi,

You won't know how aggressive your cancer is until you have a biopsy.  MRI hopefully will show something but there is a chance it could come back negative.  With a PSA of 11 sounds like something is going on but BPH can also raise your PSA. Your doctor should do the biopsy to verify cancer.

Dave 3+4

Thanks for the reply Dave, Just like I said to Vgama ive been told that BPH would not raise anyhwere near that high?

Cheers

Old Salt said:

Running too fast

I understand you are worried and anxious, but as is implicit in prior responses, you really need to wait for the test results. 

As an aside, BPH can really raise PSA levels to well above 10, but they tend to come down with time (and maybe go up again). The doc who did the DRE felt something significant from a cancer viewpoint and he may be right. However, only a biopsy can definitively show prostate cancer.

Thanks for your comment Old Salt, I would feel like a lottery winner if it wasnt cancer!

Max Former Hodgkins Stage 3 said:

free,

You have received some good general information above, but the most important thing to keep in mind is that NOTHING but a biopsy can or will medically determine that you have PCa.  This includes an MRI, unless it is an MRI-guided biopsy.

I have never heard or read of a doctor claiming that he can tell the difference between a cancerous tumor in the prostate verses a non-cancerous tumor.  This seems completely impossible, but he did grant 1% wiggle room in his comment.

You noted that you have no previous PSA tests to compare with your latest.   This is why a baseline is critical, but even in the US, men do not routinely start to get PSA tests until age 50, unless they are high risk, like immediate family members who have had the disease.  One PSA test is termed a 'static' result, but a series allows the calculation of a 'vector,' also called a 'doubling rate.'   However, while it also is not definitive, in the US, any PSA at or above 10 is regarded as demanding further testing and investigation, such as you are undergoing.   I hope all proves (medically) negative in your further tests, but subjectively and  impressionistically, it sounds very much like you do have a touch of PCa.  Staging, with the info thus far known, is wholly guesswork.

Thanks for the detailed reply Max....I ahave neevr has one before tbh and never even heard of it until literally a couple of weeks ago, The doctor believes that he can tell the difference with a DRE between a enlarged prostate and a cancerous one and along with my high PSA score of 11 it comvinced him further thats why he refeered me to the fast track PCA program I have recently had an MRI a couple of weeks ago which i await my results for, I definately agree I have PCA but just hope ithas not spread and kills me.

Cheers!