BPH is such a common condition amongst men. Fortunately, there is such a big variety of treatment methods available for one to choose from.

About 8 years ago I had no problems with my prostate, I was a keen cyclist and healthy , I had a muscle pain in my right buttock so after a blood test my psa showed 4.8 I was sent to hospital for tests which were all good then they did 12 biopsies which left me in agony for nearly 2 weeks , I was told it was all clear but I can no longer ride my bike and every few weeks I am in discomfort , I have been back several times had a ct scan a mri scan water tests but nothing so no one can tell me why I am left in such discomfort, every time I think oh no is this cancer , yet I requested a psa test but my doctor refused I now have a bad quality of life worrying every day

Show me a man in his mid-to-late sixties (or older) who doesn’t pee several times at night or occasionally experience interrupted flow. Old age alone brings some prostate cancer symptoms.

To quote a chair of oncology at a London teaching hospital, by age 70 all men have prostate cancer.

Got all. Seeing urologist soon. Worst is the excruciating pain every urination and ejeculation, with blood in semen. Also retention is horrible. Was just in ER today for it. Had 600ml trapped in there

As a prostate cancer survivor, my advice is if your PSA and DRE leads to biopsy being ordered, make your first biopsy a MRI guided biopsy.  Otherwise you'll have two rounds of biopsy (one without MRI and one with) and nobody wants to have that experience twice.

In the USA I wish I could come to Australia and see you Doctor! Great video extremely informative and educational 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

Thank you for such an interesting and informative video.  I work as a radiotherapy equipment engineer in a UK NHS Hospital and I was diagnosed with a Gleason 6 prostate cancer at the end of January 2025.  Just before Christmas last year I visited my GP for an appointment for an unrelated issue at which the healthcare assistant noticed I last had a blood test in 2013, so she sent me for another test.   The PSA part of the test came back with a value of 4.4 ng/ml, my GP rang me with the result and literally interrogated me over the phone as to the state of my water works, asking if I had any of the symptoms described in this video.  I told him that I don't have any LUTS symptoms, still don't, but he wanted me to have another PSA test, which I did a week later, the result was 4.6 ng/ml.  So in the first week of 2025 I was referred to the Urology dept of my local hospital for a DRE (nothing abnormal found),  followed by an MRI which came back as clear.  I was still referred for a biopsy because my PSA density ratio value was too high , basically my prostate is making to much PSA for its volume (29ml).  The result of the biopsy is that in one core out of the 14 taken there was a 0.5mm section of cancer.  So after discussing my results with the Urology consultant I've decided not to have treatment for now and follow the active surveillance route, there is no point in having treatment and suffering side effects when the disease itself is not causing me any problems.  It is entirely possible that as this grade of cancer is very slow growing, I'm 62,  I may never need treatment for it, but if I do I'll let my radiographer colleagues nuke it for me.

Thanks so much 🎉

My friend is 65 and his PSA is 35.4 and he was urinating a lot during the day and getting up in the night 3-4 times and sometimes every hour this has been on and off over a  couple of years, but since he as been drinking green tea for the past 3 days he's not been getting up during the night to urinate, but he did have a couple of night sweats over the last 3 days, he only had his first PSA blood test on the 24th of this month July and he got his results back the next day on the 25th July, he also had a urine test and that showed Urine microscopy red cells >100/mm*3. He hasn't been for his MRI yet but it should be with in the next 2 weeks,

UNBELIEVABLE 😮😢

That was very informative.  Put across in very straightforward   clear language, well paced and at the right level for the layman.  Thank you

Very correct

Thank you soooo much. Totally awesome education.

On my way on getting a biopsy- in 3-4 weeks. 65 year old, 5"10" 236 lbs. with PSA a 12.78, PHI- 99.46. Prostate exam revealed a bump or mode so Dr. scheduled an MRI. I had an MRI on Tuesday with PI-RADS 5. Bladder was normal as was the prostate. The lesion was 1.7 cm and no other lesions detected. The MRI did show any bone or lymph node involvement but I have had bone pain on right side of hip- ischium and bruising on left front upper part of hip. I mentioned this and hopefully biopsy and Pet Scan can pick up anything. We will see.

Such excellent videos... perfect combination of information and presentation style... thank you...

My last visit to my GP asking for the PSA resulted in him saying “we don’t give the PSA test on the UK NHS”, I was gobsmacked

Thank you.

Thankyou Doc

Thank you so much good sir.