New Prostrate Cancer Test Prognosis Good

Can prostate cancer be found early? - American Cancer Society ...

.........................................................Screening refers to testing to find a disease such as cancer in people who do not have symptoms of that disease. Prostate cancer can often be found early by testing the amount of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in a mans blood. But it isnt yet clear if this drop is a direct result of screening or if it might be caused by something else, like improvements in treatment. This test is widely used, but not all doctors agree that 25% is the best cutoff point to decide on a biopsy, and the cutoff may change depending on PSA level.

Treatment for prostate cancer - Canadian Cancer Society ...

.................................................................Some prostate cancers are very slow growing and can be present for years without affecting your health. Your healthcare team will watch the cancer closely. Immediate treatment may be considered only if signs of cancer appear or change.If immediate treatment is recommended, you might receive one or more of the following treatments. You may feel more tired than usual, have diarrhea, or notice changes to the skin (it may be red or tender) where the treatment was given.

Could changes in PSA levels help detect prostate cancer?

........................................... Could changes in PSA levels help detect prostate cancer? Could changes in PSA levels help detect prostate cancer? Overall, the researchers found that looking at the rate of change in PSA levels was only slightly better at detecting prostate cancer than a single raised PSA level of 4.0 ng/ml or higher. BootsWebMD does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

New Prostate Cancer Test: A Major Advance? - ABC News

.................................... An article in the current issue of the journal Urology illustrates some of the hopes and barriers related to advancing our abilities to diagnose prostate cancer accurately through screening tests at the earliest possible time. The problem with the PSA test, which the article notes has been around and widely used for more than 25 years, is that, although it does detect prostate cancer through a fairly simple and routine blood test, it nonetheless is not particularly specific to prostate cancer. When determining a "normal" PSA, the doctor should be considering the age of the patient and the change in the PSA value over time. They involve rectal ultrasounds, biopsies, discomfort and risk, and even then, they can miss a prostate cancer if the biopsy doesn't "hit" the cancer when it is performed.