What Is A Psa
Health Encyclopedia: Normal Psa Values
Prostate-specific antigen; Prostatecancer screening test
Normal Values
Normal values vary with age. Older men typically have slightly higher PSA measurements than younger men. African-Americans normally have slightly higher values than white men.
A PSA of 4 ng/ml is abnormally high for most men and may indicate the need for further evaluation with a prostate biopsy. Keep in mind thatalthough PSA testing is an important tool for detecting prostate can...
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Expert & Community Posts
Preserving Erectile Function During Prostate Cancer Treatment
By Dr. Justin Harmon , Health Expert...analyzed. This is done with laboratory studies (prostate specific antigen, or PSA), physical... Read more »
PSA Screening of Informed Patients
By Nancy Muller , Health ExpertRecently I blogged concern over population-wide research revealing how women, feeling current,... Read more »
Benign Prostate Hyperplasia
By Jay Motola , Health Expert...source of much publicity since the advent of PSA (prostate specific antigen), the blood test... Read more »
Prostate Biopsy: What is It and How Does It Work?
By Marc Greenstein , Health Expert...prostate biopsy might be performed. A man has a high prostate specific antigen (PSA) level. This... Read more »
Is it possible to have a normal healthy life with high PSA?
By Marc Greenstein , Health ExpertIf one has a high PSA, but no enlarged prostate or issues with urinary functions or sex, what is... Read more »
Health Guide
PSA Test: How it Works and What Your PSA Level Means
...a blood test that is commonly used to help predict the presence of prostate cancer. It stands for Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) and refers to a protein first identified in 1979 that is made... Read more »New Early Dectection Method for Prosate Cancer Developed
...researchers at Johns Hopkins University. This new test may one day replace the current blood test that uses prostate specific antigen (PSA) to screen for prostate cancer. The use of PSA to screen... Read more »Octogenarians are Not Too Old for Cancer Surgery
...surgery, the average patient age was 81 (range was 80 to 84), the average prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level was 10.2 nanograms per milliliter (normal is 0 to 4 ng/ml), and the average American... Read more »PSA Levels: Normal PSA or Elevated PSA?
Is My PSA Level Normal? The absolute value of PSA has been the long-term standard of care to determine whether one’s PSA elevation is significant. Previously, the magic number of “4” was... Read more »Digital rectal exam
...colonoscopy. If a male patient has an enlarged or nodular prostate, he will undergo a serum test of prostate specific antigen (PSA test), and then possibly prostate ultrasound and biopsy after... Read more »Images
Medications
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