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2. Doctors Explain What Prostate Cancer Screenings Involve

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   A PSA is like any routine blood test, Dr. Feng says. But you should refrain from ejaculating for at least 48 hours before the exam. This could temporarily raise your PSA levels, which might ...

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

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   Here’s an overview of what PSA test results mean and the next steps if your levels are high. What Your PSA Test Results Mean. ... Grade Groups range from 1, or likely to grow and spread slowly ...

4. Prostate cancer screening - Wikipedia

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   If the examination suggests anomalies, a PSA test is performed. If an elevated PSA level is found, a follow-up test is then performed. [2] A 2018 review recommended against primary care screening for prostate cancer with DRE due to the lack of evidence of the effectiveness of the practice. [23]

5. Prostate-specific antigen - Wikipedia

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   Prostate-specific antigen (PSA), also known as gamma-seminoprotein or kallikrein-3 (KLK3), P-30 antigen, is a glycoprotein enzyme encoded in humans by the KLK3 gene.PSA is a member of the kallikrein-related peptidase family and is secreted by the epithelial cells of the prostate gland in men and the paraurethral glands in women.

6. 10 Warning Signs of Prostate Cancer, According to Doctors - AOL

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   PSA levels between 4 and 10 suggest you could have about a 25 percent chance of prostate cancer, and levels over 10 signal that your chance of having the cancer is more than 50 percent.

7. 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]