Some other medicines (such as aspirin, cholesterol-lowering drugs, and water pills) and herbs may lower your PSA levels and your doctor will need to account for this when they interpret your test results However, in general, the higher your PSA, the greater your chances of having prostate ca...
The most common screening test for prostate cancer so often returns a false positive result that it's no longer recommended for men older than 70, and it's offered as a personal choice for younger men.
Discordant prostate specific antigen test results despite WHO assay standardization. Int J Biol Markers. 2018 Aug;33(3):275-282. 摘要 介绍:总 PSA(t PSA)和游离 PSA(f PSA)是早期检 测前列腺癌最常用的生物标志物.尽管进行了标准化 工作,但目前使用的许多 PSA 检测方法可能产生不一 致的结果.在本...
Each man was sent a single invitation by letter to attend a nurse-led prostate-check clinic appointment where the potential benefits and harms of having a PSA test were explained, and written informed consent was obtained. There was a second consent form completed after 24 h for all men who...
The test tells you how much PSA protein is in your blood, measured in nanograms per milliliter (ng/ml). Results between 0 and 3 ng/ml were once considered "normal," but recent research has shown a gradient of risk, even at these low levels of PSA. ...
"We didn't expect such a big response. People are seeing that this can change practice...because men and their doctors do look at their PSA as a deciding factor in whether to stop active management," he explained. Significantly Different Than Placebo ...
Zlotta explained that repeat biopsy decisions are not based on a single PSA but that the new intervention might be a good idea before a repeat PSA test. Although PSA is a fairly sensitive marker for prostatic enlargement, it has poor specificity for prostate cancer. Nonmalignant conditions such...
Table 2 Diagnostic test evaluation results of mpMRI and68Ga-PSMA-617 PET/CT. Full size table Table 3 Diagnostic performance of68Ga-PSMA-617 PET/CT and mpMRI in the detection of prostate cancer. Full size table Figure 2 Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves of68Ga-PSMA-617 PET/CT...
Results PSA tests in the Cambridge area In the Cambridge area from 1 January 1996 to 31 December 2002 (that is the period during which we had PSA data linked to cancer registry data), 8894 men had at least one PSA test, of whom 23% (2053) were 50–59 years, 30% (2701) were 60...
Speaking from a conference of the American Urological Association, Dr. Samadi’s words echoed the widespread concern of many urologists and prostate cancer treatment experts. As he explained, the PSA test is used to identify elevated prostate-specific antigen levels in men, and is not intended to...