DEAR DR. ROACH: I read your recent column on PSA testing and have a simple question. You mentioned that a PSA test could do more harm than benefit in men over 75, but since it is a simple blood test, ...
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The FDA cleared its first blood test to flag prostate cancer in men with high PSA
An elevated PSA reading has long put men in an uncomfortable position: it signals possible prostate cancer, but it is ...
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A blood test caught 90% of aggressive prostate cancers, against 74% for the standard PSA
The standard PSA test has anchored prostate cancer screening for decades, but it has a well-known weakness: it flags plenty ...
GALVESTON, Texas – Many primary care doctors continue to administer the prostate-specific antigen test to even their oldest patients despite the fact that no medical organization recommends prostate ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . During the remainder of their life, men aged between 75 and 80 years with PSA levels <3 ng/mL were unlikely to ...
Evaluations of the predictive utility of PSA velocity (PSAV) in prostate cancer have tended to focus on men with serum levels of PSA ≥4 ng/ml, in whom a PSAV >0.75 ng/ml/year indicates a need for ...
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