Prostate Biopsy Alternatives and Options: My Story

Personal Blog on Treatment and Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer, Prostatitis and BPH

Entries for April, 2009

Welcome to Prostate Biopsy Blog

If you’ve been recently diagnosed with an elevated or abmormal PSA level, there’s a lot of information here for you.  I’m not a doctor, nor do I have any medical training.  I do know how to use Google, so there are plenty of links where you can educate yourself.  That way, you know what to ask your doctor [...]

Prostate Biopsy Alternatives: Are They Necessary? Are They Worth It?

This will be my last blog for a while.  I’ll make sporadic updates, mostly if I have a checkup or want to post about a news story or something related to prostate health.  There’s one question I can now answer, but only for myself.  Was it necessary?  Was it all worth it?  Outside the standard tests that [...]

Can You Prevent Prostate Cancer?

Maybe you’re like me.  You have some indications like a high PSA level, but your biopsy is negative and you have no physical symptoms.  Maybe you’re in a high risk group or just a health nut.  Is there anything you can do to prevent prostate cancer from starting?  I have searched a lot for alternatives to [...]