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Suggest Treatment For Elevated PSA Levels

my fathers PSA level was 62 initially thn after a week of medication it is 41 now.And due to the catheter,his createnine n urea is almost now in normal range.still the doc insisted for biopsy n reports r yet to arrive.Now i wanna know tht if PSAlevel does not comes down thn whether he vl be operated (prostrate enlargement)or not?
Fri, 7 Sep 2018
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Hi,

You have to get a prostate biopsy to make a diagnosis. We have to rule out prostate cancer as very high levels of PSA suggest the possibility of prostate cancer.

Consult a urologist and he will direct you accordingly.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
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Suggest Treatment For Elevated PSA Levels

Hi, You have to get a prostate biopsy to make a diagnosis. We have to rule out prostate cancer as very high levels of PSA suggest the possibility of prostate cancer. Consult a urologist and he will direct you accordingly. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.