More attention to prognosis is needed when making screening PSA recommendations to elderly men. Most screening guidelines do not recommend prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening in elderly men with limited l
This is relevant to emphasize since the recent recommendations endorse the stratifi- cation of PCa risk according to individual tPSA values and age, aiming to offer biopsy to patients at increased risk of high-grade disease [5, 14–16]. Accordingly, recent studies are developing PSA-based ...
Participating men randomized to the intervention underwent PSA testing. Those with a PSA level of 3.0 ng/mL or higher underwent additional testing for high-grade prostate cancer with a 4-kallikrein panel risk score. Those wi...
The role of Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) testing in the early detection of prostate cancer is controversial. Current UK policy stipulates that any man who wishes to have a PSA test should have access to the test, provided he has been given full information about the benefits and limitations...
This was followed by a New York Times mention that the American Cancer Society is taking such reviews seriously and is preparing a careful revision of their recommendations for screening. Here’s a great quote from that article, as well as a revealing graph from the article: ...
The Task Force last published recommendations on prostate cancerscreeningin 2008. At the time, researchers concluded that there was no evidence to support PSA testing for men over the age of 75. An independent panel of experts reviewed evidence published since 2008 and concluded that the harms of...
There has been controversy surrounding the usefulness of the PSA test for routine screening purposes.3As such, the recommendations vary and are limited to those who are seen to be at increasedrisk of prostate cancer. This article explains what PSA tests do, when they are used, and what the ...
The new cancer society recommendations could be "game changers" in two respects, said Dr. John Davis, a urologist who directs prostate cancer screening programs for the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. First, they could change how routine physical exams for many ol...
The U.S. Task Force recommendations against screening caused some confusion, and in response, a special panel of experts from the American Society of Clinical Oncology this month issued its own opinion. The ASCO panel decided that for men with a life expectancy of less than 10 years, general...
New Cancer Cases in Men in 2017 (National Cancer Institute, 2018) 1 out of 7 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime (American Cancer Society, 2018). Prostate cancer cases All other cancers Prostate cancer cases, 9.6% All other cancers, 90.4% PSA Screening Recommendati...