Understanding prostate cancer and PSA testingdoi:10.12968/pnur.2010.21.3.46937Ian PeateMA Healthcare LondonPeate, I. (2010). Understanding prostate cancer and PSA testing. Practice Nursing, 21, (3), 154-159.
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening for prostate cancer in men of average risk remains controversial. Patients' ability to incorporate risk reduction data into their decision-making may depend on their numeracy. We assessed the impact of patients' numeracy on their understanding of the risk red...
Understanding the facts about PSA testing: the father of prostate-specific antigen testing sorts through all the conflicting opinions and data about routine screening to offer practical guidelines.(prostate pecific antigen)(interview of William J. Catalona )(Interview)...
Some cell types have been shown to lose sensitivity to androgen and produce even more PSA than androgen sensitive cell types [59, 106]. This feature that differs between prostate cancer cell types might provide ways to measure androgen-independent and dependent types of cancer cells. However, ...
Six years ago my GP noticed a high PSA reading from my annual blood test and ut the fear of God up me by saying “you can phone me at any time day or night”. I saw a specialist oncologist who said I probably had T2 prostate cancer and wanted to take a biopsy immediately. When ...
Purpose of review This review aims to highlight recent advances in prostate cancer tumor-immune microenvironment research and summarize the state-of-the-art knowledge of immune checkpoint inhibitors in prostate cancer. Recent findings Immune checkpoint inhibitors are the cornerstone of modern immunotherapy...
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a serine protease overexpressed in prostate carcinoma and a promising biomarker [233]. Drevs et al. developed PSA4, constructed with maleimide, PSA-specific peptide spacer (SSYYSG) and doxorubicin [234]. The PSA4 showed a 5–7-fold increase in the maximum...
Cancer cells sometimes release special chemicals into the bloodstream, like prostate-specific-antigen (PSA), which can be used to help your doctor make a cancer diagnosis. Tumour markers are substances found in abnormal quantity, usually when there is the presence of a type of tumor or cancer ...
Research is inconsistent regarding whether physical activity plays any role in the prevention of prostate cancer. There are relatively few studies on physical activity and lung cancer prevention. The available data suggest that physically active individuals have a lower risk of lung cancer; however, ...
Although castration leads to a median progression-free survival of 12 to 18 months, progression of disease with increasing prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels inevitably occurs even in the face of maximal androgen ablation. Antiandrogen withdrawal and third-line hormonal therapies suc...