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 prostate carcinoma is possible in the initial stage with the help of a specific investigation ...
Prostate-Specific Antigen (Psa) Levels In A Community-Based Population In Delhi/Delhi-Ncr RegionShridhar, KrithigaGovil, JyotsnaNandi, AmritaJournal of Cancer Research & Therapeutics
Your prostate makes PSA. So do most prostate cancer cells. During prostate cancer treatment, changes in your PSA levels help show whether your treatment is working. When you get treatment -- whether it's chemo, hormone therapy, a vaccine, or a combination -- your PSA levels should drop and...
PSA levels within 2 years of diagnosis do not predict lethal prostate cancer outcomesBecause of the excellent prognosis for localized prostate cancer in patients who remain untreated, early radical surgery might be unnecessary in most cases. Little is known about early indicators that might predict ...
PSA levels appear to be more predictive of three year prostate cancer risk in African-American men compared with Caucasian men with a family history of prostate cancer, according to a paper published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the Americ
What exactly does a test forPSA levels(prostate specific antigen level) show? Well, we were told: It shows that there is something abnormal in your prostate gland. Ha! Not always, or even usually, true. PSA or prostate specific antigen implies that thisantigenis only found in prostate gland...
Carter HB. Prostate cancers in men with low PSA levels-Must we find them. NEJM. 2004; 350: 2292-94.Carter H. Prostate cancers in men with low PSA levels - must we find them? N Engl J Med 2004;350: 2292-4.Carter, H. B. Prostate cancers in men with low PSA levels - must we ...
Men with PSA levels above the median had a significantly increased risk for prostate cancer in the 40 to 49 group (OR = 7.3; 95% CI, 2.4-21.8), 50 to 54 group (OR = 7.6; 95% CI, 3.4-17.2) and 55 to 59 group (OR = 10.1;...
However, there are reports in the Middle East that the level is much higher. This study determines a normal serum PSA level for Iranian patients by correlating different levels of serum PSA to the his tologically diagnosed prostate cancer in transrectal guided prostate biopsy (TRUSGB) specimens....
However, in general, the higher your PSA, the greater your chances of having prostate cancer. What are normal PSA levels by age? There's no one PSA level that's considered normal. In general, PSA levels are higher in older people than in younger people, even in those who don't have ...