Hi, thanks for your reply.....I can assure you that in the last 6 weeks I have become a prostate cancer "expert" I could probably even take my own prostate out at a push.....So I'm well aware of the gleason scores and staging (although I'd rather not be). ....Hospital appointment yesterday to discuss results with urology dept. MRI scans can work on soft or dense tissue and are especially useful in viewing the spinal cord and brain. The scan determined that I was clear for cancer and the rise just turned out to be the typical radiological bounce and my PSA level has dropped consistently ever since. With the help of powerful magnetic field and radio waves, MRI creates detailed images of tissues as well as internal organs. Don't mess around with this beast. Here in Central PA, they usually had Country Music going. Regarding the efficacy of image studies in detecting prostate cancer (your main subject of this thread) my take is that they have high points of acceptance but not yet 100% correct. They treated me as if I were an Advanced Stage 4. (he isn't the consultant obviously) I explain my reason and he asks to see the lowered test results, I show him. I'm now 58, still feel fit (apart from the twinge from the hip mentioned earlier). I started building up time on the spinner bike to 100 - 120 minutes per day. Our cancer detection rate, while using different methods in tandem, surpasses that from using either method alone. Even after three years I get those panic things at times. It is almost routine to do a standard mpMRI scan for early PCa diagnosis. That's what they told me. Using a combination of ultrasound and MRI to guide biopsies to screen for prostate cancer was as much as 33 percent more effective than one method alone, according to a … We always have the Rhythm and Blues station on through our cable music system, and in the cars through the Sirius XM. He said yes, and told me I'd know if I was over doing it. All of these recent Melanomas have been caught in the "pre stage" of very early Stage 1. I was sitting up in bed watching a Soccer Game (Your football). I still go to my normal Dermatologist (Sara) every 3 - 4 months for a check up. The study included 300 men, including 248 with prostate lesions visible using MRI. When my PSA rose 3x's in a row about 1 1/2  years after treatment and a recurrence was considered possible, I was given an MRI/MRSI (magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging) scan that detects for the presence of choline which is a marker for cancer. The PI-RADS (Prostate imaging reporting and data system) comes from these tentative efforts. These were called Symposia, from which they current English word symposium is derived. MRSI scan is more precise in locating cancer. Your conventional PSA rise, or 'vector' (also called 'Doubling Rate') was significant, but it also does not 'prove' anything. Canvey Island was a port where Oil Tankers would pull in and offload their cargo to the local refineries.....It was a very bleak industrial part of the country...then fallen on hard times, which of course is always a good breeding ground for disaffected youth making Rock & Roll....I've looked at the you tube clip of Milk and Alcohol and can only see one version....If it's the same one you've seen then Wilko Johnson had left by then, There was an acrimonious break up in 1978. It is a mental night mare and even if the cancer is found to be none aggressive, we must find the courage to live with it. Nobody get on top of a table and shouts MRI rules! Briefly: 58 Years old, Live in UK so under NHS, been referred by GP and having tests at hospital for a sudden rise in PSA from regular 3.1 to 7.5 after a 14 month gap between tests.....Whilst waiting for hospital to get in touch went to a private clinic for a new PSA test with "Free PSA".....This test came back at 4.3 PSA and a free PSA of 23%. I was afraid that the cancer would spread outside the prostate. In this case, one plus one equals three.". We see in this forum many reporting the same dilemma over and over again. After cancer treatment, an MRI is unable to determine whether remaining masses are cancerous: The MRI might show signs of cancer, but that cancer might not be active. This is what your private guy in London may have implied. My GP thought we should have an exam at Urology. "To maximize our ability to identify prostate cancer, we need to take advantage of all the information we can. Finally They got the robot moved to the lymph nodes. MRI had an extremely high accuracy rate (96.77%) on its own. Many men when first diagnosed, are shocked and afraid, and simply want to get the cancer out of their body. I refused and the doctor got mad and stormed out of the room. The seven studies represented a total of 526 patients, which is a sizable population for assessing how accurate the imaging was compared to the tissue sample analysis (called histopathology). Accuracy of MRI in the Detection of Residual Breast Cancer After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy November 2003, VOLUME 181 NUMBER 5 ... suggesting that MRI becomes more accurate as residual tumor size increases. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed, thank you for your good wishes. MY GP Suggested a different doctor. I can't get it out of my head ! I'm 6ft 2in tall, 200 lbs. Keep a file with all copies. That was the area where the radiation had hit. When researchers combined this traditional method with MRIs to take biopsies, they found cancer up to 33 percent more of the time compared with one method alone, according to research published Wednesday in JAMA Surgery. I guess she saw something she was worried about. Normal is between 250 and 1,100. Copyright 2000-2019 © Cancer Survivors Network, Fingers in the ears and sung, pretending that all is well. Then, 1 year into this PCA situation, My Chemo Oncologist, suggested I change Dermatologists. June 12 (UPI) -- Doctors have traditionally relied on ultrasounds to examine men for prostate cancer, but the method can't pinpoint specific tumors, a new study says. My doctor told me I wasn't to get back on a bike for 8 weeks, post surgery. That has never been solved. the fact that I immediately thought Lymph nodes just means all this PC stuff is messing with  my mind.....I'm now down to speak to the hernia people in a few weeks time.....getting old isn't all it's cracked up to be, Thanks for your good wishes.....Hope your condition just keeps getting better and better and in the meantime find Dr Feelgood's "Milk and Alcohol" and crank it up to 11.....even better for you than Da Vinci Surgery. I had cancer and everyone was correct. First they had trouble getting the robot through the mesh from a double abdominal hernia repair. In fact for low level cancers the long time prgression of disease  are similar between those who have had surgery and those in an Active Sureillence program. He explains that the MRI is showing "something" and it is small. So,  Sara ( Dr. Ferguson) has removed 11 Melanomas in 1 1/2 years, all have had to have follow ups surgery done. In no sense are we restricted to the US. Hi Will, Now you're aware of Dr Feelgood, you'll probably keep hearing them "ad nauseum" from now on ....Synchronicity..... How wonderful that your former pupils are helping you out in regards to your health problems.....Just as well you were nice to them, or you could find yourself getting biopsied on a weekly basis, Thanks for the "Heads Up" but I don't think melanoma should be a problem for me, I'm of Italian descent, so have very dark olive skin....never had to worry about the sun in the past.....But never say never I suppose....Don't need to be baiting the "Cancer Gods", Hope your Melanoma stays in remission (good word that). Ultimately all the research I have done in the last 7 weeks has amounted to a row of beans..But if nothing else I have "met" some very supportive people (yourself included) on this forum and other forums who have been happy to educate me and give me reassurance.....So for that I am truly appreciative...... A mpMRI can highlight areas where a cancer mass "may" be present in the prostate and is a good diagnostic tool for determining what areas of the prostate should be biopsied but it cannot detect smaller, less obvious cancer sites. Several live performances in the set. The thing to do now is get a biopsy. We were even doing some high speed drafting practice. Make sure and check all that out on-line. I have heard of the MRSI scanners that use spectroscopy to detect chemicals found in cancer, but I must admit to being a bit confused, are you saying that the mpMRI cannoct detect cancer? Based on this evidence, MRI could easily be used as a more accurate method of confirming malignancy in small nodules and help with the early diagnoses of HCC. There's a connection to prostate cancer though.for me because when I went under the CyberKnife, I could listen to whatever. I did as you suggested. I feel we must have other things on our minds than the fight we're all in. I have read that nearly every man over 50 in the US knows his PSA "score"....probably a bit of an exaggeration...but certainy more than us Brits...The NHS don't have a dedicated screening service...they will offer you a PSA test if you're over 50, or if you're in a high risk group....but they don't advertise the fact (they only have a finite amount of money).....It's down to the couple of large cancer charities who are left to get the message across re: screening.....My GP wanted to refer me to the hospital 2 and a half years ago with my 3.1 (cut off for my age group is 3).....Like a typical man I put my fingers in my ears and sung at the top of my voice and pretended that all was well.....got tested every 6 months after that (always 3.1) got complacent waited 14 months and then got a big surprise 6 weeks ago, and here we are.....(If I have let this cat out of the bag I will have no choice but to kick my butt until it is black and blue), Anyhoo sorry for rambling on......Thanks for the welcome and best wishes. As far as my diagnosis is concerned....I'm all over the place with that.....When it jumped to 7.5 from a 3.1 14 months previously, I thought "Oh S**t"...then after the drop 2 weeks later, I thought that maybe I was out of the woods....My private guy in London (who ironically had his prostate removed 3 years ago by robotic surgery) told me "You are fine" ....I now am wondering whether he was just "playing the odds" although what he would have to gain from that I fail to grasp....I have spent the last 6 weeks in a bit of a daze, and have come to the conclusion that I am not the kind of guy you would want to be sharing a foxhole with (or a submarine come to that)....I have done nothing but trawl website after website, looking for clues, hoping that I'm going to find a loophole in the law.....Nothing thus far......plus, although my hospital doc has said that whatever is on the image is small and is confined to the gland, I have been having some hip pain in the last 3 months, and am now starting to worry even more.....My wife who is notoriously upbeat (or she's doing a damn fine acting job on my behalf) says that the hip pain is just my age.....I hope she is right, but I'm seeing all kinds of "Monsters" under the bed. I was a Music Teacher and taught Instrumental Music in the public schools, plus an elementary & middle school band director. Your physical condition is very important in the results from you treatments. [1] Since TRUS biopsies are not targeted, they can lead to overdiagnosis of clinically indolent tumors, while missing clinically significant prostate cancer foci. So, As Sara wanted, I have " three pairs of eyes" checking me over on a regular basis. I loved the English group Led Zeppelin's early hit Ramble On. Regards, Tony, Tony, If you click my name to the left , you will see what tests I have done in my active surveillance program. Everybody recognized then the gap among radiologist at interpreting an image study. But MRI uses strong magnets to make the images – not radiation. The electric 6 string or the bass player. ", Using a combination of ultrasound and MRI to screen for prostate cancer was as much as 33 percent more effective than one method alone, according to a new study. There are other cyclists and runners, One of us is even a body builder and is doing competitions. He wanted to have it standardized or teach the many on a principle in a reading process. Doctors also use it to learn more about cancer after they find it, including:The size and location of the tumorTo plan cancer treatments, such as surgery or radiation therapyTo see how well treatment is working At my last check up, my PSA still remains at <0.010, where it has been since two months post surgery. I plan to continue with this treatment option for the rest of my life if I can. It is located in the pelvis in front of the rectum and between the bladder and penis. No one modality does it all. These can predict the clinical stage (advancement) of a positive case. My favorite English musician is the semi-retired Jeff Lynn, founder of ELO. The pathologic stage of patients who are closely monitored, is similar to initally treated patients with LRPC, so the treatment decisions will be very similar. Use of this online service is subject to the disclaimer and the terms and conditions. I had one very small spot in one lymph node. The study shows the MRI and ultrasound exams complement each other. At 6 weeks I couldn't take it any more and bugged the hell out of him and ask him If I could try my trainer/spinner bike. MRI creates cross-section pictures of your insides. My Hernias popped out while I was carrying a ladder down a flight of steps from the back sun deck on the house. You don't mention if you are married, but if you are I wonder if your relationship "changed" at all? The Parts of the body that need the most energy and the energy they use is sugar (also called glucose). This holds true even when the breast lesion is not detectable using other imaging methods such as mammogram, X-ray or physical examination. My last three check ups have been clean with no surgery needed. MRI inaccuracy in treatment monitoring. Many times I was riding with the student cycling team members from the Pennsylvania State University Cycling Team. I had done enough research at the time to "know" that a DRE won't show anything suspicious a lot of the time....So when I questioned him about his confidence he said "I have felt thousands of Prostates....You do NOT have cancer...Now go and take your wife to lunch"......I still fail to see what he had to gain by this statement unless he genuinely believed it. I also think that AS is the best initial option to consider in a PCa positive case, Surely AS is not for everyone but for those cases suitable for AS (low indolent risk), it provides quality living during many years till proper intervention becomes necessary, if any. At that time Active Surveillance was not very popular, while radical surgery and some forms of radiation was pursued by the vast majority. PET scan cancer detection accuracy - PET Scan, short for positron emission tomography, can detect cancer areas by photographing body cells while working. Doctor called me in, never introduced himself, was a bit stand offish, not unpleasant but very business like, asks why I did not have the biopsy? Thank you Da Vinci. During this time that I have enjoyed a quality of life (7 1/2 years so far) I have had time to investigate various Active Treatment types. However, if a sample is taken from these tissues (guided biopsy) and found by a pathologist to be cancerous then the patient would be declared positive and the image exam would provide the extend (size) of the tumour. The ancient Greek philosophers of Plato's day would gather for all-night discussions of any topic whatsoever. So, Let the Music Play, let the Wine (or whatever) Flow, Get out there a drive your … In your particulars, I would go ahead and get a biopsy,   Prostate cancer ("PCa") is virtually always very indolent/slow moving, so the two week delay that you mentioned will be completely irrelevant, of no significance. This is a natural reaction, however it is a wrongful one, since the side effects from these radical treatments are very substantial. However now, I go to a distant hospital to a Skin Oncologist for a checkup once a year. I say that I thought that a 3T MRI could tell the difference between something nasty, something benign or inflammation....He says that this is not the case, his words were something like: "PSA means nothing, Free PSA means nothing, Scan means nothing only a biopsy can see what this is" He did say that if I wasn't worried I could leave it until the next PSA reading to see what has happened, but I don't have that kind of personality. Denial was my first stance. I did and I am sorry. To All, I feel we must have other things on our minds than the fight we're all in. He continues in this program. Only the biopsy will do that. An MRI The guy who followed me every day, was having treatment for a very serious reoccuring cancer (head and neck) and that would set the tone for him as the days went by, and we got to be pretty good "buds". I also worked with the High School Marching Band as Drum Line Instructor. I went in for a check up at Urology. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may not be the best diagnostic choice universally for all men suspected of having prostate cancer, according to researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian. ), I have already read the free PSA article (in the last 5 weeks there probably isn't a PCa web page that I haven't read)...a lot of people use a cut of of 25% but I have read a lot of scientific research where 23% is used.....(whoops there goes another straw )   The other article I shall digest later thanks, Since my consultation with the grumpy urologist I have learnt about the PI-RADS scoring system for MRI imaging....(wish I'd had this info before)....Just wanted to know really if the doc was not telling me the whole truth for whatever reason, Thank you for your informative post and for taking the time to reply. I was a serious Road Cyclist, and it was thought that the cycling was causing a slight rise in the PSA. He did a DRE and told me I had the smallest Prostate he had ever examined. Dont' mess around with this beast. Within the MRI invitation group, four of the 20 diagnosed interval cancers were detected in women who did in fact undergo MRI screening (a rate of 0.8 per 1,000 screenings) while 16 occurred in those who declined the invitation (4.9 per 1,000 screenings). I now feel like I have shot myself in the foot as I have now booked a biopsy for 2 weeks time and the results 2 weeks after that, so instead of finding out yesterday I now have another 4 weeks to sweat before I get a (maybe) definitive answer.......Basically my question is this: Has anybody had the experience where an MRI scan has shown up something which turned out to be nothing to worry about....or is the doc just not being 100% straight with me? If only that Grumpy Urologist (who is still at the Urology Department) had been like my present doctor, I woudln't be in the shape I am right now. This continued for several months. My leg muscles were so developed from the cycling that they couldn't find the lymph nodes in my right groin. When I was in the front of the draft , I guess they liked it because I made a bigger "hole " in the air. Ever since asking this question on several forums a few days back I have now been educated a bit more, and directed to various web sites and I am now under the impression that the mpMRI with a good radiologist has a pretty good sensitivity in detecting tumors...using the PI-RADS score they could even have a pretty good guess at staging said growths.....My doc says that the "something" on my scan needs investigating and only a biopsy will tell....I was wondering if he was just being "Coy" and maybe not trying to worry me unduly at this stage....I'm of course hoping that they genuinely don't know and that this is going to turn out to be something less nasty....Any further info you have from your experience would be greatly appreciated. In other words, all the data collected is necessary and important. In fact, it is usually very close to 100%. I even found myself "blaming" her for not making me go to the hospital 3 years ago when the GP wanted to refer me....(how unfair and bitter is that?). This lasted for several months. They may be used to locate large solid masses and distinguish benign from frankly malignant ovarian tumors, with overall accuracy of 88% to 93%. Regarding the MRI tesla 3 (3T), we know that it provides better image (higher resolution) clear to identify disturbances, but as your doctor commented it does not distinguish cancerous cells from benign. My Prostate had adhered to my bladder. Screening for prostate cancer remains controversial. As I mentioned in my earlier post I was all for cancelling the hospital appointments (that denial thing again), but my wife is the one with the common sense.....So here we are....The hospital doc says this thing is small and it's still contained within the capsule, but I know small doesn't necessarily mean not nasty and I guess that unless they do other tests they wont know about any spread....This is what I am freaking about at the moment....Think this is called the "bargaining phase"...I'm still cheerleading for the Prof, but I think that my mind is leading me down other paths......None of them Rosy....To say I'm not taking this well would be an understatement...I agree when you say that we can't believe that it is us that have been picked on.....I have always tried to make light of stuff like this (all the time aware that both my mother and father were taken with cancer at reasonably young ages  70 and 65) ...I've always maintained a healthy weight, kept fit....Could have probably eaten a few more vegetables, but other than that....I now walk down the street and see older or obese men and say why me....guess that's natural......Anyway enough whingeing.....Thanks for your post and your kind words. Here are some links that may be interest to you; http://www.cancernetwork.com/articles/percent-free-psa-test-may-prevent-unnecessary-biopsies, https://www.webmedcentral.com/article_view/3463, Hi VGama, Thanks for replying.....I was under the impression that although not brilliant, a free PSA of 23% wasn't a terrible figure....In fact the British association of Urological surgeons use a figure of >22% as most likely benign....My lab test stated > 23% (so guess I'm on the cusp)....that and the fact that my first test of 7.5 dropped to 4.3 within 2 weeks ....(does this sound like a man clutching at straws? Well Doc I wasn't worried until you told me that your £2m machine has spotted something "suspicious". Just got to suck it up and see what the next few weeks brings. He explained all this to me around 10:30 the night of the surgery. I was advised to not do a biopsy at that time by my GP unless they did an ultrasound and it showed an area of concern. I have no idea why....it is from Adele; the line goes and it's round and around and around and around we go..... Hi Max, I don't know if the "round and around etc." I admire your high spirits through wards the problem. The hip pain/sensation may be a neurological affair. As of August 14th, I will be a three year survivor from the time of diagnosis. However he wasn't in practice at that time. Hi VG, Thanks for replying with a very informative post....Of course when I asked the original question, I really wanted the repy....."NO! (The guys by that time were all abusing various substances and were constantly arguing). Dr Miller had to rebuild all that mesh after he was done doing the surgery. I think that guys in the USA are much more health/prostate aware than we in the UK. Hi Guys, I'm new here, Live in the UK (hope this is OK here this being a US site). So since then I have been called to hospital, had a cystoscopy (Tests clear)...a CT Urogram and a 3T MRI....They wanted to give me a biopsy, but in light of the lowered test result and the "diagnosis" from the Prof I asked my hospital consultant (via his secretary as I have yet to meet him) if I could swerve the biopsy and see what the MRI threw up...He agreed. I hadn't heard about the situation with Johnson. Researchers publishing in the Lancet medical journal have shown that an MRI picks up 93% of aggressive cancers, compared with 48% for a biopsy. As far as I know, mpMRI is a valuable tool for those cases where a biopsy cannot be performed or it becomes unnecessary due to the evident advanced status of a patient (moving him straight to a treatment), or when a repeated biopsy is done under guidance (in a CT/MRI). My doctors warned me about most of the side effects, but not into the detail you will find when doing your own research. I was into cycling pretty heavy. Especially when the Therapists (three or four women and one guy) would come dancing in the door when the treatment for the day was over. To emphasize in the usa, and  the regulations for administering PSA have changed a couple of years ago, so there are less diagnostic psa's for many, thus resulting in less men being diagnosed and less radical treatments (these guideline were most likely changed because of the overtreatment among those with low level disease.....by the way many do not believe that a gleason 6 is a cancer, and the term cancer should not be used to describe a gleason 6. I like it. Unfortunately, by the time cancer metastasis becomes clinically evident with today’s imaging … The MRSI scan is a VERY expensive procedure and normally is not used unless cancer is already known to have been present but there remains some doubt (as in my case) about its current existance and/or location. 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