Dr. Roach weighs in on whether a patient should proceed with a prostate biopsy after conflicting test results.

Improvements in the PSA screening process make it worth another look.

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A 68-year-old man with elevated PSA and a high 4Kscore faces a difficult decision between prostate biopsy and continued ...

I am 68 years old and have an enlarged prostate and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). I’ve been taking tamsulosin for about ...

A doctor advises a 68-year-old patient with a high 4Kscore result to proceed with a prostate biopsy despite a low-risk MRI.

Answer: The concern is that you might have prostate cancer. A PSA of 4.5 ng/mL is moderately elevated, which increases your risk. Although the news from the MRI is good, approximately 9% of men with a ...

A 4Kscore result of 49% means nearly half of men with that result have clinically significant cancer — even when other tests ...

However, I think there are a number of other tests that could be done, such as a Prostate Health Index (phi) test or perhaps others. Would I benefit from taking a different test, or should we stick ...

A reader's low-risk MRI and high-risk 4Kscore present a diagnostic challenge with no single validated tool to reconcile them.

A conflicting MRI result and the complications of blood thinner use have left one 68-year-old man and his physician at a crossroads.