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My psa is between 8 and 9 but biopsies are negative - why?

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Possible: Either you have a case of prostatitis / BPH only or your biopsies have missed the target (not common). Sometimes due to very small areas of cancer in the prostate a diagnosis can be hard to make.

Answered 6/10/2014

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For 6 I've had prostate issues even had biopsy at 39 PSA was 3.9 test was neg. The last two years PSA .7 with free PSA 26%. Still symptomatic some days worse than others. Worried Drs missed cancer.

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In april 03, 2013 i had a prostate biopsy because of a high psa 9.0. The biopsy result was negative for cancer but the prostate is 2 times larger than?

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