Prostate News Archive
01-Mar-2011
Study Finds Needless Prostate Biopsies
Researchers said that recommending a biopsy for men whose P.S.A. rises rapidly does not help find aggressive cancers. Study Knocks Prostate Cancer Screening Test
Basing prostate biopsies on changes in PSA over time would make the number of unnecessary biospies almost four times the number of additional cancers diagnosed, researchers say. Prostate cancer screening game-changer
New study should lead to far fewer biopsies PSA spikes are poor predictors of prostate cancer
A sudden spike in blood levels of prostate specific antigen, or PSA, is not an accurate way to predict prostate cancer, and testing for such changes can lead to overtreatment, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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