Tom, I'd advise going to a newstand and reading pg. 30 of Discover Magazine, January 2005 issue. This discusses what was declared this past October by a Stanford guy, THomas A. Stamey.

Basically, it says they don't even know if PSA tests save lives.

Now, you DO have cancer. So, that's a bit different. But I will type a key paragraph. Then you can discuss this with med people.

"When doctors follow up a high PSA level with a biopsy, they often find cancer. But this is only because most men have some degree of prostate cancer. Studies have shown that 80 percent or more of men over age 70 dies with -- but not from -- prostate cancer. As counterintuitive as it seems, detecting prostate cancer is not always in the patient's best interest. Once cancer is diagnosed, most men opt for treating it either with radiation or removal of the prostate. In many cases, that leads to impotence, urinary incontinence, and other unpleasant side effects."

I have no med training, so it would be best if you read the whole thing and it's just another piece of the puzzle. But it is new information.