Thanks for those thoughts, CyberS :-)
I understand the PSA reading to be unreliable as you get older as well. I
don’t think that I’ve had a PSA count, so having one now (at age 62) would
probably be invalid anyway.
Chris
> On 5 Dec 16, at 12:50, CyberSimian <OlySimian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Several years ago there was a one-hour documentary on UK TV that illustrated
> the lives lead by three cancer sufferers, one of whom was suffering from
> prostate cancer. As part of his segment, the film crew visited the physician
> who had devised the PSA test, and that physician said on camera that he no
> longer used the PSA test as a diagnostic tool, as it was too unreliable.
> This echoed the comments made by my GP the first time that I had visited him
> for a check.
>
> Your GP will probably offer you the PSA test, but be prepared for another
> sort of examination, one that is more appropriate for this digital age --
> yes, a digital examination(!)
>
> Finally (and this may be apocryphal), your PSA level can vary from day to
> day, and I have seen suggestions that you should refrain from "conjugal
> activities" for several days prior to the PSA test. Also, it is suggested
> that you should not travel to the PSA test on a bicycle. (Hmm, both of those
> sound like facts one would read on the internet, but if I read them on the
> internet, they must be true.)
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