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Sunday, October, 25, 2009

What Is Psa

Obesity may interfere with prostate cancer blood test

September 14, 2009
Blood tests that screen for prostate cancer may not be able to accurately diagnose the disease in obese men, new studies show. Obese men have lower concentrations of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in their blood, either because they have higher blood volume or lower levels of testosterone, researchers suggest. Because most cases of prostate cancer are diagnosed after a blood test registers high PSA levels in the blood, obesity could cause the test to miss the presence of the disease. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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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 »

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PSA Screening of Informed Patients
By Nancy Muller , Health Expert

  Recently I blogged concern over population-wide research revealing how women, feeling current,... Read more »

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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 »

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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 »

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Is it possible to have a normal healthy life with high PSA?
By Marc Greenstein , Health Expert

If 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 »
Normal PSA Values
...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... 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 »

Medications

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...detect prostate cancer (prostatic-specific antigen or PSA levels). Make sure laboratory... Read more »

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...with others. Laboratory and/or medical tests (e.g., prostate specific antigen-PSA levels, liver... Read more »

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...(e.g., prostate exams, prostate-specific antigen or PSA) should be performed periodically to... Read more »

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...(e.g., prostate exams, prostate-specific antigen or PSA) should be performed periodically to... Read more »

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...(e.g., prostate exams, prostate-specific antigen or PSA) should be performed periodically to... Read more »

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