The purpose of this study was to determine if early PSA velocity (EPSAV), drawn from PSA values within normal ranges, predicts the later occurrence of abnormally high PSA values or positive prostate ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 68-year old male in good health who exercises regularly, doesn’t take any medications, and doesn’t have a family history of prostate cancer. During my most recent yearly ...
Q. Because of elevated PSA readings of 7.9 and 8.0, up from 4.0 a year ago, my urologist has ordered a second prostate biopsy. The first biopsy done eight months ago was negative. Can biopsies have ...
前立腺の病気を調べる「PSA」という検査について、聞いたことはあるだろうか?PSAの数値が高くなると、前立腺肥大症や前立腺がんの可能性が高くなる。だが、基準値以下であれば絶対にセーフとは限らない。また、検査結果によって、次に検査をいつ ...
Patients with an elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level are known to have an increased risk of harbouring prostate cancer. 1 However, recent work by Eastham et al. 2 has shown that a ...
What is the PSA test? With prostate cancer being the second leading cause of death in men and the second most common cancer in men, it is vitally important for men to know their PSA number. Knowing ...
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DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 68-year old male in good health who exercises regularly, doesn’t take any medications, and doesn’t have a family history of prostate cancer. During my most recent yearly ...
What is the PSA test? With prostate cancer being the second leading cause of death in men and the second most common cancer in men, it is vitally important for men to know their PSA number. Knowing ...
What is the PSA test? It helps determine whether you have cancer of the prostate, a walnut-sized gland enfolding the duct leading from the bladder to the penis. The test measures how much of a protein ...
Calgary experts, volunteers and survivors in the fight against prostate cancer are questioning the validity of a controversial new recommendation put out this week by a health panel urging doctors to ...