CancerCompass message board discussion started by Naladolla on 12/11/2007 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,18770,0.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ My husband had nodules and fluid found in his lung, His psa is 4.6 could this be prostrate cancer.   Naladolla Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT Just some questions before an answer. How old is your husband? PSA will increase with age and with other prostate issues. Has he had a bone scan done?  Linb1414 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT General information on PSA readings:There is no such thing as a "normal" PSA reading. As implied in the previous post it can be affected by various issues like inflamation or the most common cause, enlarged prostate.  Larger the prostate is, the more PSA is produced.Most elevated PSA readings in the gray area between 4 and 10 relate to benign causes.One isolated PSA figure isn't necessarily  meaningful in itself. More important than one  PSA figure is the rate of change in readings. eg: if the number has suddenly increased by 100% in a short timeframe it would be a cause for further investigation.It's very unusual for anything to show up in a bone scan unless PSA is at least 20. Johnw100 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT Yes it could be prostate cancer. Any PSA reading above 1.0 should be considered suspect until proven otherwise. The symptoms that you indicate are probably not related to the prostate but the PSA is definitely abnormal. DO NOT ignore it. Orionskye Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT  My husband's PSA was 2.7, he had a gleason scale of 7.  2.5 was the "high-normal" range for his age. Because of family hx, I insisted he see a urologist. Always, always follow up. Don't ever assume all is well because of the "norm". On 12/11/2007 Johnw100 wrote:General information on PSA readings:There is no such thing as a "normal" PSA reading. As implied in the previous post it can be affected by various issues like inflamation or the most common cause, enlarged prostate.  Larger the prostate is, the more PSA is produced.Most elevated PSA readings in the gray area between 4 and 10 relate to benign causes.One isolated PSA figure isn't necessarily  meaningful in itself. More important than one  PSA figure is the rate of change in readings. eg: if the number has suddenly increased by 100% in a short timeframe it would be a cause for further investigation.It's very unusual for anything to show up in a bone scan unless PSA is at least 20.  Linb1414 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT  My husband's PSA was 2.7, he had a gleason scale of 7.  2.5 was the "high-normal" range for his age. Because of family hx, I insisted he see a urologist. Always, always follow up. Don't ever assume all is well because of the "norm". On 12/11/2007 Johnw100 wrote:General information on PSA readings:There is no such thing as a "normal" PSA reading. As implied in the previous post it can be affected by various issues like inflamation or the most common cause, enlarged prostate.  Larger the prostate is, the more PSA is produced.Most elevated PSA readings in the gray area between 4 and 10 relate to benign causes.One isolated PSA figure isn't necessarily  meaningful in itself. More important than one  PSA figure is the rate of change in readings. eg: if the number has suddenly increased by 100% in a short timeframe it would be a cause for further investigation.It's very unusual for anything to show up in a bone scan unless PSA is at least 20.  Linb1414 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT