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2. 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]

3. What you should know to reduce the risk of prostate cancer - AOL

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   These tests in combination with the initial PSA can help us determine who may benefit most from further investigation such as a prostate biopsy. By the age of 50, men should be having prostate ...

4. Prostate-specific antigen - Wikipedia

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   While PSA testing may help 1 in 1,000 avoid death due to prostate cancer, 4 to 5 in 1,000 would die from prostate cancer after 10 years even with screening. This means that PSA screening may reduce mortality from prostate cancer by up to 25%. Expected harms include anxiety for 100–120 receiving false positives, biopsy pain, and other ...

5. Prostate cancer - Wikipedia

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   Several common tests more accurately detect prostate cancer cases by also measuring subtypes of free PSA, including the Prostate Health Index (measures a fragment called −2proPSA) and 4K score (measures intact free PSA). [19] [20] Other tests measure blood levels of additional prostate-related proteins such as kallikrein-2 (also measured by ...

6. Prostate biopsy - Wikipedia

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   PSA screening is controversial as PSA may become elevated due to non-cancerous conditions such as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), by infection, or by manipulation of the prostate during surgery or catheterization. Additionally many prostate cancers detected by screening develop so slowly that they would not cause problems during a man's ...

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