hi i found you this its an answer on csn cancer. org psa levels vary with each man. what is normal for one may be a little high for another yet how high is it as compared to previous psa levels? i assume there were none.? doctors look for a radical or rapid change in the trend of psa tests. if this is the first test for your brother it may not be a problem but should be monitered closely. prostate cancer is supposedly slow growing yet he does not want to wait or do nothing! once it spreads out of the prostate the treatments and options are worse. in my case i am 57 (58 this month) and was running above 2. 0 and creeping up a minute amount every six months then it jumped 4+ points (7. 62)in approx 60-90 days. we treated it with antibotics for a month to determine if it was merely a bladder or urinary infection. at the end of the month it was unchanged. we then did the biopsy and determined prostate cancer. (two opinions) my case was such that i had the option of choosing the type of treatment after much research. not everyone i understand is suitable for some treatments due to various factors. meanwhile i went on hormone therapy. it supposedly eliminates the food this cancer grows on (testortrone) shrinks the prostate and is believed to make the cancer cell more vulnerable to future radiation treatment if that is the choice. i chose radiated seed implant - there are other courses of treatment available - the one that is best for your brother if he has cancer are between his doctors and himself mainly not what we others chose. if your brother would like to discuss the various options there are many contributors tauting their success and methods of treatment and all of us are more than willing to discuss any questions / concerns or things we experienced. don't panic. there is a lot of data available. research it on the internet and through the amer. cancer site. they too are able willing and responsive to any questions. all we survivors can impart is what we experienced. do hope this is helping you but if you do get tested and things don't look bad and its just enlarged do have a read up about tuna if you have this done it shrinks it down i do know of somebody who had this done perked up his sex life so his wife is now very happy about that but do hope this helps you. good luck
if have no lump on your prostate and no systoms of prostate cancer but your psa is 7. 62 should you get a biospy?