There is a general consensus among clinicians that a serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level ≥4.0 ng/ml is predictive of prostate cancer, and necessitates a biopsy. But there is a dearth of ...

Prostate cancer screening typically involves a blood test to detect levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA). Dr. Gittens says it’s a straightforward blood test. PSA is a protein that’s ...

The researchers tracked which of the men were diagnosed with prostate cancer after receiving a test result showing raised levels of PSA. More than 80 percent of the men had normal PSA levels ...

antibiotics are often prescribed for men with an elevated PSA Did the antibiotics affect PSA levels in these men? Almost certainly not; the changes in PSA with antibiotics were similar to the ...

Singer et al. found that regular consumption of either of these agents lowers serum PSA levels, which indicate prostate injury and are believed to predict the risk of developing prostate cancer.

The article by Thompson et al. has caused significant uproar with regard to the utility of PSA for detecting prostate cancer. A few comments and cautions are warranted. We have long suspected that ...