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Mavyalex t1_j8ewrwz wrote

I am 43 years old, man. Should I get diagnostic for prostate cancer at m'y âge? At what âge?

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mtcwby t1_j8ft72u wrote

The only reason to be wary is that sometimes the PSA test gives a false positive and you need to abstain from sex before having the test. It doesn't mean don't get tested but be aware that the false positive can happen and that generally means more invasive testing. And talk to your doctor about when along with family history. It's a no-brainer to me at my age along with colon cancer screening.

That said I've known two men who died from it. One in his fifties about 15 years ago and one in his seventies very recently. The guy in his fifties was particularly sad because he was a Vietnam vet who had been wounded and thought the pain was related to that. Nicest and friendliest guy in the world taken way too soon.

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meraero2 t1_j8gh908 wrote

I have significant family history, so docs started testing me at 44 or 45. PSA started going up at 47 … accurately indicating a tumor, confirmed by biopsy which I had removed.

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Zestfullyclean87 t1_j8iuh18 wrote

Have any of your immediate relatives tested for genetic markers, or had prostate or breast cancer?

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Mavyalex t1_j8k2rv5 wrote

Not that I know of...

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Zestfullyclean87 t1_j8k5ngf wrote

Your chances are probably not very high then. Obviously, it’s not a foolproof way of approaching things, but these cancers very very often have a generic component to them.

If your parents have been tested for genetic markers, at least that tells you some of the story

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