However, PSA screening is associated with considerable unfavorable effects. In the ERSPC screening group, cumulative incidence of prostate cancer was 7.4%, versus 5.1% in the control group. A proportion of the screen-detected tumors (10-56%) would never have led to clinical symptoms but these ...
I suggest you make an appointment. Depending on your risk factors, you and your doctor can work together to create an action plan that works best for you, which may include aprostate cancer screening.
Prostate biopsy.If you havehigh PSA levels or otherreasons to suspect prostate cancer, your doctor may suggest a biopsy. It involves taking tissue samples from your prostate, which are analyzed to find out whether you have cancer. Screening for Prostate Cancer Screening for prostate cancer is con...
Dr. Sartor, whose practice is focused on prostate cancer, stresses the importance of screening for the disease with aprostate-specific antigen test, or PSA. "I think the No. 1 issue of being diagnosed withadvanced prostate canceris not getting a PSA," he says. It's a blood test that's...
Prostate cancer (PC) is the second most common cancer among men worldwide. Currently, the most common non-invasive approach for screening and risk assessme... Mariana,Brait,Mithu,... - 《Oncotarget》 被引量: 1发表: 2017年 Abstracts to be delivered at the 2014 Annual Conference of the Ass...
MEDICAL screeningEARLY medical interventionThe article presents information on prostate cancer screening. It discusses the potential harms and benefits of prostate cancer screening with serum prostate specific antigen (PSA). Recommendations from the U.S. Prevent...
Prostate cancer screening: what we know and what we need to know. OBJECTIVE: To critically evaluate the evidence for recommending the screening of asymptomatic men for prostate cancer with a blood test to detect a prostat... BS Kramer - 《Annals of Internal Medicine》 被引量: 589发表: 1993...
A spokesman for Austin said at the time, “… discussions about (prostate cancer) screening, treatment and support are often deeply personal and private ones.” 延迟通知总统和公众引发了广泛的批评。 奥斯汀的一位发言人当时表示,“……有关(前列腺癌)筛查、治疗和支持的讨论往往是非常私人的。” King ...
But sometimes prostate cancer is fast-growing, and a real threat. So, what to do? You may be familiar with a screening blood test called PSA, or prostate specific antigen. There are limitations to using PSA testing to screen for prostate cancer, since this protein is made by both BPH (...
Based on these studies, it is reasonable to conclude that there is a survival benefit for screening, but it may not extend to older men (>75years) who have undergone prior screening. 展开 关键词: Prostate cancer Screening Prostate-specific antigen Randomized studies ...