Prostatitis may complicate PSA testing: research shows both inflammation and malignancy can cause dramatic increases in PSA level.(Prostate cancer )(Disease/Disorder overview)Charnow, Jody A
Prostate cancer, for example, has a marker known asPSA. Higher levels of PSA in the blood (anything over 4.0 ng/mL) could be a sign of the condition. But you could have high levels of PSA and still not have the disease. For example,prostatitisor benign prostatic hypertrophy could also ...
Hochreiter W, Wolfensberger P, Danuser H, Studer UE. Antibiotic treatment of asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis in patients with elevated psa: can biopsies be avoided? Eur Urol 2004; 3 (Suppl 2): 204; Abstract 806.Hochreiter W, Wolfensberger P, Danuser H, Studer UE. Antibiotic ...
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