PSA testing: a personal view

I first had my prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test checked when I was 50. It was 2.2 ng/mL, has slowly been increasing over the last 16 years, and is currently 5.5 ng/mL. I have little in the way of urological symptoms and the only people who have examined my prostate over the years were two colorectal surgical colleagues before my colonoscopies. More than one of my urological colleagues thought I had sold my soul to the devil by even getting my PSA checked in the first place, but I was quite keen to know that it was not very high. Having thought long and hard about when I will have magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of my prostate, let alone a prostatic biopsy, I have decided that I will review the situation if and when my …