Prostate Cancer Deaths Down After PSAs
Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »Prostate specific antigen, or PSA testing, was introduced to the Tyrol in 1988 and since 1993 it has been freely available to all men ages 45 to 75, and to men under 40 with a family history of the prostate ...
PSA Test Losing Diagnostic Value
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 Posted in prostate cancer diagnosis | No Comments »A new study asserts that changes in medical practice have undermined the value of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test as a diagnostic tool for prostate cancer. For men with a normal digital rectal examination, it has lost the predictive accuracy it ...