Sharon, a couple of good resources you might want to check out are
www.ustoo.org and www.prostatepointers.org. I'm a patient, not a
doc,
but I do know PSA can go pretty high due to conditions other than
prostate cancer like prostatitis. On the other hand, biopsies are
far
from perfect tests -- if it were me I would still be concerned.

Eric Ross

--- In prostatehealth@yahoogroups.com, "Sharon" <sharongeo99@y...>
wrote:
>
> Hello--
>
> My name is Sharon and I was so glad to just find your group. I was
> seeking advice regarding prostate troubles for my husband.
> He is 61 and gets regular prostate exams at the VA. His PSA levels
> always come back high...last one was in the 20's. And the exam
always
> shows his prostate as hard and enlarged. Within the past year, he
had
> biopsies done and from 8 biopsy samples taken, 7 came back as
normal
> or negative for cancer and the other one they couldn't tell
anything
> about.
> I guess my question is, can a man have that high of a PSA level and
> an enlarged protate without necessairily having prostate cancer?
Can
> other things cause that? They wanted him to come back and re-do the
> biopsies just because they could not get a decent reading on just
> that one, but he refused thinking if 7 came back OK, chances are he
> does not have prostate cancer. He has had one bout of prostitis a
> couple of years ago. Any feedback would be so appreciated...I thank
> you for this group and thanks in advance for any replies.
>
> A Concerned Wife :)
>
> Sharon