The article reports that measuring the serum concentration of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), combined with a rectal examination is a better screening test than rectal examination alone for...
Using the PSA Blood Test After Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Your doctor can get helpful information from a PSA test even after a prostate cancer diagnosis. For instance, your doctor can use your PSA levels for: Active surveillance.This is an option for people with prostate cancer who may not need...
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test. This test measures the level ofPSAin your blood. A high level may be a sign of prostate cancer. Who Should Get a Prostate Exam? Not all medical institutions agree on when you should begin screening (routine testing) forprostate canceror even if ...
being tested for prostate cancer overall. For example: ‘I tried not to think about the PSA blood test’ (time-point 1); ‘I tried not to think about going for my biopsy’ (time-point 2); ‘I tried not to think about getting my biopsy results’ (time-point 3) and ‘I tried not...
Prostate cancers usually grow very slowly, and individuals may not display symptoms for some time. If the prostate is enlarged, preliminarydiagnosiscan be made by rectal examination or transrectal ultrasound (TRUS). Ablood testforprostate-specific antigen(PSA) may be used to detect prostate tumours...
The Stockholm3 blood test, developed by researchers at Karolinska Institutet, is equally effective at detecting prostate cancer in different ethnic groups, a new paperpublishedin theJournal of Clinical Oncologyreports. The test produces significantly better results than the current PSA standard. Stockholm...
In a large retrospective study of blood samples, the researchers showed that the method, called a "liquid biopsy," could accurately distinguishprostate cancerfrom normal controls without prior knowledge of the genetic "signature" of the tumors, and with over three times the sensitivity of current ...
Prostate Test Found to Save Few Lives The PSA blood test, used to screen for prostate cancer, saves few lives and leads to risky and unnecessary treatments for large numbers of men, two large s... G Kolata 被引量: 4发表: 2009年 Testing Whether Cancer Screening Saves Lives: Implications ...
Why No Man Should Take a PSA Blood Test for Early Stage Prostate Cancer Without Reading This 来自 掌桥科研 喜欢 0 阅读量: 10 作者: I Haines 摘要: From the 1980s, when prostate screening became available, many men over 40 without symptoms were diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer....
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing is routinely used as the first step in the UK to investigate men withurinary symptomssuch as blood in urine or urinating very frequently. Men aged over 50 years without symptoms are also able to request theblood testfrom their GP. ...