Author | Thomas Flaig, MD

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Prostate Cancer in a Man With Multiple Previous Cancers

April 30, 2007

ByThomas Flaig, MD

E. David Crawford, MD

Brian Kavanagh, MD

Scott Lucia, MD

Francisco G. La Rosa, MD

Al Barqawi, MD

Frances Crighton, RN, MSN, PhD

L. Michael Glodé, MD, FACP

patient is a 67-year-old male with mild obstructive symptoms and an American Urology Association symptom score of 8.[1] He was noted to have a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level of 3.2 ng/mL. Because this represented a significant increase in his PSA velocity (rate of change over time), he proceeded to have a biopsy, which was positive for prostate cancer. He has no other complaints and visits us for an opinion on the treatment of his prostate cancer.