Dr. Barry W. Goy explains how to interpret PSA levels after prostate cancer treatment and how to manage recurrence based on ...
There is a general consensus among clinicians that a serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level ≥4.0 ng/ml is predictive of prostate cancer, and necessitates a biopsy. But there is a dearth of ...
Higher PSA levels may indicate that there is a problem with the prostate, such as: Prostate cancer Benign prostatic ...
PSA is a protein that appears at higher levels in the bloodstream when there is a problem with the prostate. The Gleason system can also help determine the stage by classifying cancer cells ...
Background. Primary androgen deprivation therapy (PADT) is the most effective systemic therapy for patients with metastatic prostate cancer. Nevertheless, once PSA progression develops, the ...
PSA doubling time is an essential criterion for high-risk biochemically recurrent prostate cancer that should prompt treatment escalation.
The researchers tracked which of the men were diagnosed with prostate cancer after receiving a test result showing raised levels of PSA. More than 80 percent of the men had normal PSA levels ...
Among those with intermediate-risk prostate cancer, high PSA levels prior to HIFU led to an increased risk of overall ...
PROSTATE cancer (PCa) screening through serum PSA testing has been shown to significantly reduce mortality rates. The ...
Prostate-specific antigen responses were similar between transdermal estradiol and hormone therapy combined with androgen ...
but also by prostate cancer cells. It’s normal to have a small amount of PSA in your blood, and as you get older and your prostate gets bigger, the levels rise slightly. However, a raised PSA level ...