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What Is The Hard Module With PSA 3.1 On DRE?

On my brothers DRE a hard nodule was felt. His PSA was 3.1 which was up from his previous reading of 2.8. The urologist thought it might be a calcium encapsulated but after the biopsy he said it wasn't. He said it had a 50 - 50 chance of not being cancer. If it is not cancer what could it be.? My brother is 58 yrs old.
Mon, 30 Mar 2015
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Hi, dear
I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern.
His PSA level is slightly high. PSA more then 4 gives chances of prostate cancer. There are other causes also. Benign prostatic hyperplasia and chronic prostatitis can also give increased PSA. Moreover Hard nodule can be due to cancer or it can be calcification in BPH. In BPH corpora amylasea also turn in to calcification so it may not be cancer.. He should monitor his PSA level and if needed go for repeat biopsy.
Consult your doctor and take treatment accordingly.

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What Is The Hard Module With PSA 3.1 On DRE?

Hi, dear I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern. His PSA level is slightly high. PSA more then 4 gives chances of prostate cancer. There are other causes also. Benign prostatic hyperplasia and chronic prostatitis can also give increased PSA. Moreover Hard nodule can be due to cancer or it can be calcification in BPH. In BPH corpora amylasea also turn in to calcification so it may not be cancer.. He should monitor his PSA level and if needed go for repeat biopsy. Consult your doctor and take treatment accordingly. Hope I have answered your question, if you have any doubts then contact me at bit.ly/Drsanghvihardik, I will be happy to answer you. Thanks for using health care magic. Wish you a very good health.