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2. Prostate cancer screening - Wikipedia

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   EpiSwitch® PSE is a blood test used for screening and diagnosing prostate cancer utilizing epigenetic markers to identify specific changes in regulatory looping structures (chromosome conformation signatures) associated with prostate cancer. Used in conjunction with a PSA test, the PSE test boosts accuracy from 55% to 94% offering a more ...

3. What Your PSA Test Says About Your Prostate - AOL

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   The American Urological Association recommends that you get a baseline PSA test between ages 45 and 50, but screening can start at age 40 for those at a higher risk for prostate cancer, such as ...

4. New Urine Test for Prostate Cancer May Help Reduce ... - AOL

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   The health benefits of screening for prostate cancer with a standard prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test have historically come with the tradeoff: the potential for unnecessary, invasive ...

5. Prostate-specific antigen - Wikipedia

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   In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the PSA test for annual screening of prostate cancer in men of age 50 and older. [medical citation needed] The patient is required to be informed of the risks and benefits of PSA testing prior to performing the test. [medical citation needed]

6. Prostate biopsy - Wikipedia

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   Prostate biopsy is a procedure in which small hollow needle-core samples are removed from a man's prostate gland to be examined for the presence of prostate cancer. It is typically performed when the result from a PSA blood test is high. [1] It may also be considered advisable after a digital rectal exam (DRE) finds possible abnormality.

7. More men diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer as PSA ...

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   In 1994, the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of measurements of the prostate specific antigen (PSA) to be used as part of a screening test for prostate cancer. That changed a decade ...