What to do in the light of negative biopsy procedures

[Guest guest]

Dr Snuffy Myers

has a series of videos dealing with various aspects of PCA. The latest has Dr

Ash Tewari, a much admired surgeon presenting and you can see the video here http://askdrmyers.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/dr-ash-tewari-on-biopsies/

In the light of the fury generated by various bodies (and I

think the hapless Otis Brawley) suggesting that men over the age of 70 might

not need annual PSA tests, it is interesting to see Dr Tewari’s views,

which seem to coincide with this!!

His closing advice is essentially that anyone with an ‘abnormal’

PSA (not defined in this video) who has a series of negative biopsy procedures

should have a saturation biopsy with 30 – 40 needle cores taken. What he

does not say ( and what would be particularly interesting, I feel) is how many

of these very aggressive procedures discovered aggressive variants of the

disease as opposed to variants that might be regarded as indolent, non-life threatening

or insignificant. This would enable men to balance any potential risk

associated with a saturation biopsy against any potential benefit.

All the best

Prostate men need enlightening, not frightening

Terry Herbert - diagnosed in 1996 and still going

strong

Read A Strange Place for unbiased information at http://www.yananow.org/StrangePlace/index.html