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

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   But it can just tell you that PSA levels are elevated, not what exactly is going on with the prostate. Several things can cause a high PSA, including prostatitis, benign prostate enlargement, or ...

3. 10 Warning Signs of Prostate Cancer, According to Doctors - AOL

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   The other is a PSA blood test, which measures the amount of a protein that’s produced by cancerous and noncancerous cells in the prostate. “Elevated PSA levels can be an indicator of prostate ...

4. Prostate-specific antigen - Wikipedia

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   Disruption of this epithelium, for example in inflammation or benign prostatic hyperplasia, may lead to some diffusion of the antigen into the tissue around the epithelium, and is the cause of elevated blood levels of PSA in these conditions. [26] More significantly, PSA remains present in prostate cells after they become malignant.

5. Prostate cancer - Wikipedia

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   Men with high PSA levels are often recommended to repeat the blood test four to six weeks later, as PSA levels can fluctuate unrelated to prostate cancer. [17] Benign prostatic hyperplasia, prostate infection, recent ejaculation, and some urological procedures can increase PSA levels; taking 5α-reductase inhibitors can decrease PSA levels. [15]

6. Benign prostatic hyperplasia - Wikipedia

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   However, checking blood PSA levels for prostate cancer screening is controversial and not necessarily indicated in every evaluation for BPH. [2] Benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer are both capable of increasing blood PSA levels and PSA elevation is unable to differentiate these two conditions well. [ 2 ]

7. Prostate cancer screening - Wikipedia

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   Prostate-specific antigen. Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is secreted by the epithelial cells of the prostate gland and can be detected in a sample of blood. [14] PSA is present in small quantities in the serum of men with healthy prostates, but is often elevated in the presence of prostate cancer or other prostate disorders. [15]