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9 Dos and Don'ts Before a PSA Test

Ensure accurate PSA test results with these 9 tips. Learn what to do before a PSA test to improve reliability, including managing medications, exercise, and more.
THIS YEAR, IT’S estimated that nearly 300,000 new prostate cancer cases will be diagnosed. While there’s no single test to detect prostate cancer, doctors commonly use the prostate-specific antigen ...
There is no single, diagnostic test. Doctors make a diagnosis based on various measures. This can include a prostate-specific ...
This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Eric Wallen about prostate cancer screening. Dr. Wallen is a Professor and Chair of the ...
For decades, it has been known that prostate specific antigen ‒ or PSA ‒ tests are a flawed way to diagnose prostate cancer. Many men have a high PSA without having cancer. Others have low PSA that ...
Biochemical recurrence is when your PSA level starts to rise after finishing prostate cancer treatment, and it may sometimes indicate metastatic disease. Biochemical recurrence is a term for when your ...
Contrary to recommendations regarding age and PSA screening, over the course of nearly two decades the highest PSA testing ...
Actor Ben Stiller recently chronicled how early diagnosis of prostate cancer, using a routine blood test, saved his life. And he's urging all men over 40 to discuss the PSA test with their doctor.
Has Joe Biden ever had a prostate-specific antigen or PSA test? It’s a simple blood draw that measures a protein potentially indicating prostate cancer and is nearly always included in a middle-aged ...