When Should I Have My PSA Levels Tested? The first thing to do is to talk to your doctor about the pros and cons of prostate cancer screening before you decide whether to be tested. Don’t get tested until you have that talk. Opinions differ about when you should do that. ...
When Should I Have My PSA Levels Tested? The first thing to do is to talk to your doctor about the pros and cons of prostate cancer screening before you decide whether to be tested. Don’t get tested until you have that talk. Opinions differ about when you should do that. ...
PSA levels appear to be more predictive of three year risk in African-American men compared with Caucasian men with a family history of , according to a paper published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.Cancer Prevention Research...
The researchers subsequently analyzed men with a PSA between 1.5 to 4 ng/mL, and who had at least one follow-up visit. They found that among men with a family history of prostate cancer, PSA levels had the same predictive value whether the men were Caucasian or African-American. These fin...
Identification of such factors would help the decision of whether early treatment is appropriate. Fall and colleagues, therefore, evaluated the predictive accuracy of early changes in PSA level for determining prostate cancer outcomes.doi:10.1038/ncpuro0825NoneNature Clinical Practice Urology...
The article questions in utility of a prostate biopsy in men with elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels. PSA testing is acknowledged to have been instrumental in increasing prostate cancer survival rates and is a good predictor for prostate cancer. The article notes, however, that there...
PSA testing has revolutionized our ability to diagnose, treat, and follow-up patients. The present study evaluated PSA levels in recently diagnosed prostate cancer cases in screening. PSA was estimated by enzyme immunochemical assay in 128 patients. The study concluded that early diagnosis of ...
Prevalence of Prostate Cancer Among Men with Normal PSA LevelsProstate CancerNew England Journal of Medicine
A UCLA-led study has found treatments that reduce the risk of being diagnosed with a cancer recurrence based on rising prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels after radiotherapy, commonly referred to as biochemical recurrence, do not necessarily improve a patient's long-term overall survival. ...
Also, a significant correlation was observed between serum PSA level and the grade of the disease.Conclusion: Considering that prostatic carcinoma is one of cancers usually diagnosed late and since biopsy is hardly accepted by patients, with regard to the relationship between serum levels of free ...