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Thread: Prostate Cancer Biopsy Negative. Prostate Cancer Biopsy Negative I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in January 2012. Since I am relatively young to have had this disease, age 55, urologists suggested robotic surgery to remove my prostate; alternatively, I could watch and wait since the cancer had not advanced very far at that point.