Men with high-risk prostate cancer have a higher likelihood of residual disease after prostatectomy and may require radiation ...
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What does a high PSA level mean?

PSA testing may be the first step in prostate cancer screening, but benign factors may contribute to high PSA, including aging, infection, and more.
A pelvic MRI scan with IV contrast and rectal balloon is highly effective in identifying local recurrence even at low PSA values in prostate cancer patients with a rising or persistently elevated PSA ...
Prostate cancer is common. About 200 in every 1,000 Australian men will be told they have prostate cancer by the age of 85. But the chance of dying from it is much lower: around 18 in 1,000 cases.
An elevated PSA reading has long put men in an uncomfortable position: it signals possible prostate cancer, but it is unreliable enough that acting on it often means an invasive biopsy that turns out ...
Data from a prospective study showed that the IsoPSA prostate cancer test outperformed total PSA and free PSA in men 50 years or older with elevated PSA level. The FDA has approved the IsoPSA in vitro ...
Radical prostatectomy does not ensure a cure, with one in three men experiencing cancer recurrence and elevated PSA levels within 10 years post-surgery. Significant side effects of prostate removal ...
Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men, but when caught early, it’s highly treatable. For Vernon Owens, a routine check-up at UConn Health led to an early diagnosis that may have ...
As part of its Speaking Out video series, CURE talked to Dr. Brian Keith McNeil, on behalf of ZERO Prostate Cancer, about the role of PSMA-PET Imaging versus PSA. Prostate specific antigen (PSA) is a ...
Men with high-risk prostate cancer have a higher likelihood of having residual disease following prostatectomy and may require radiation therapy after surgery, particularly when PSA levels begin to ...
A 65-year-old male patient initially presented with a PSA of 10 ng/mL. A 65-year-old male patient initially presented with a PSA of 10 ng/mL. He ultimately underwent a prostate needle biopsy, with 3 ...
Prostate cancer has a well-earned reputation for being one of the more trackable malignancies in medicine. Since the mid-1980s, a single blood test measuring prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, has ...