Re: PCA3 & PSA test

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Highly likely. See hopkins definitive report. Sent via BlackBerry from T-MobileSender: ProstateCancerSupport Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 08:04:43 -0400To: <ProstateCancerSupport >ReplyTo: ProstateCancerSupport Subject: PCA3 PSA test Last week my doctor performed a very uncomfortable prostate massage and then I provided a urine sample for a PCA3 test. He then sent me over to the hospital to have a blood sample drawn for a PSA test about an hour later. Will the prostate massage prior to the blood sample cause a spike in the PSA?

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Yes it probably will, so don't get upset when you get the result. Insist that the PSA blood test be repeated. T Nowak, M.A., M.S.W.Director of Advocacy & Advanced Prostate Cancer Programs



Last week my doctor performed a very uncomfortable prostate massage and then I provided a urine sample for a PCA3 test. He then sent me over to the hospital to have a blood sample drawn for a PSA test about an hour later. Will the prostate massage prior to the blood sample cause a spike in the PSA?

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My PSA reading went up about two points with a blood draw taken about 1/2 hour

after a digital exam. But I wonder if this might give a more accurate reading on

the % free part of the test?

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> Last week my doctor performed a very uncomfortable prostate massage and then I

provided a urine sample for a PCA3 test. He then sent me over to the hospital

to have a blood sample drawn for a PSA test about an hour later. Will the

prostate massage prior to the blood sample cause a spike in the PSA?

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