Comments on: I am 45 years old. My father died of metastatic prostate cancer. My psa scores the past six years have been: 1.4, 1.3, 1.43, 1.74, 1.7, and 1.5. (Unfortuntately, these were not all at the same lab or using the same assay). I am generally in good health. I gather than my family history and significantly above-normal psa for my age puts me at an increased risk for prostate cancer. Would you recommend that I take finasteride or dutasteride to reduce my risk of prostate cancer? I saw two reputable urologists, both of whom are familiar with the reported results of the REDUCE trial — one said “probably should take it” and the other said “I would not take it.” What do you recommend? (And if I should take one of them, which one?). Thank you!

Comments on: I am 45 years old. My father died of metastatic prostate cancer. My psa scores the past six years have been: 1.4, 1.3, 1.43, 1.74, 1.7, and 1.5. (Unfortuntately, these were not all at the same lab or using the same assay). I am generally in good health. I gather than my family history and significantly above-normal psa for my age puts me at an increased risk for prostate cancer. Would you recommend that I take finasteride or dutasteride to reduce my risk of prostate cancer? I saw two reputable urologists, both of whom are familiar with the reported results of the REDUCE trial — one said “probably should take it” and the other said “I would not take it.” What do you recommend? (And if I should take one of them, which one?). Thank you! http://prostatecanceradvice.org Prostate Cancer Prognosis, Questions and Answers Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:25:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3