As for why ClevelandDx has chosen to re-up the “PSA on PSA” campaign for three years running rather than launching an entirely new initiative every Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, Rochelle cited both ...

A new urine test could help men with an elevated PSA, or prostate specific antigen, level avoid unnecessary biopsies and MRIs. The test screens for 18 genetic markers in the urine that are highly ...

PSA Tests for Prostate Cancer The prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test measures the blood level of a protein made by cells in the prostate gland. A high or rising PSA level may show a problem with the ...

Dr. Edmund Folefac, from the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, says many Americans are not aware of the symptoms and those warning signs often come when the disease is in later stages ...

Therefore, the use of such tests in patients with high PSA levels could reduce the potential risks associated with prostate cancer screening while preserving its long-term benefits.

A high PSA score contributes to the next stages of treatment – often an MRI scan and biopsy – but only a quarter of those with a high PSA level actually have cancer.

Previously, men with high PSA levels were referred for needle prostate biopsies, which involve invasive insertion of needles into different areas of the prostate to remove tissue samples for lab ...

Your oncologist considered one other possibility — a prostate infection, which is another cause for a high PSA level. But the steady rise and current level being over 30 ng/mL make recurrence ...

Following years of rotating treatments, Pepol and his family moved once more, this time to Virginia, to be close to their now ...

Dr. Roach: My age is 73, and I’ve had a steadily increasing PSA level for many years. In 2020, the result was 11.8 ng/mL, and it has risen to 17-18 ...

PSA is a marker for prostate cancer risk when levels are abnormally high. However, the findings are not likely to have a major influence on the usefulness of PSA as a cancer screening test, Dr ...