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Good morning doctors. i have a urology question. my psa was 1.20 in 2020. in march of this year it was 1.32. just now in december psa is 1.33. should i be worried that it went up in 9 months, even though it "only" went up .01 but nonetheless went up?
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PSA is variable and this much change is not significant and can also increase with benign enlargement of the prostate which occurs at this age. If your rectal exam was neg. ,there is no family history of ca of prostate, then yearly PSA and exam of prostate by a Urologist is OK
Answered 12/15/2022
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