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Prostatitis - Inflammation Of The Prostate by Mike V. Healthy Living Professional

Posted Thu 06 Nov 2008 11:40pm Prostatitis simply means an inflammation of the prostate gland. The symptoms are uncomfortable at best; more often they are extremely painful and can also be dangerous. Symptoms may include pain and swelling in the area of the prostate, fever, chills, pain in the lower back, burning or painful urination, a need to urinate frequently and get up i ... Read on »

Prostate specific antigen (PSA) as a long-term marker of risk for prostate cancer by Dr. Arnon Krongrad Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 17 Sep 2008 1:24am In late 2007, based on information derived from the Malmö Preventive Medicine Study in Malmö, Sweden, Hans Lilja and his colleagues proposed that: There may be a predictive connection between the PSA levels of men at 44-50 years of age and their long-term risk for prostate cancer. Since Dr. Lilja is the original developer of the PSA tes ... Read on »

A+PSA New Test For Prostate Cancer Is More Specific and Reduces False-Positives-Study at UCLA by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Mon 16 May 2011 5:43pm The A+PSA test measures levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA) as well as six specific antibodies. Fast positives are also smaller in number, not drastically different but enough to make a difference. The big difference is the overall accuracy which was 79 percent compared to 52 percent with just the PSA test. Recently at UCLA ther ... Read on »

Friend or Foe? PSA Screening for Prostate Cancer by Alvin B. Lin Medical Doctor

Posted Mon 10 Oct 2011 3:01am Wanna start an argument among physicians? Get a group together and ask them about their opinion regarding screening for prostate cancer with the blood test known as PSA (prostate specific antigen). Chances are you'll have to separate normally professional human beings from morphing into mixed martial arts combatants. If you hav ... Read on »

FDA Approves New Blood Test for Prostate Cancer For Men With PSA Levels Just Above Normal Range by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Wed 27 Jun 2012 12:21pm Perhaps this will add some additional definitive information on the PSA testing which has been in the news frequently for discussion as to whether it should be used for screening or not. This test appears to add some additional decision making information if any actions or treatments are needed/discussed. Last year at UCLA a new PSA testing f ... Read on »

USPSTF vs ACP vs AUA: Alphabet Soup re Prostate Cancer Screening w/PSA by Alvin B. Lin Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 10 May 2013 3:00am Want to see a bunch of physicians get in a fight? Ask them for their opinion regarding screening for prostate cancer, especially their views regarding use of prostate specific antigen. Exactly a year ago, the US Preventive Services Task Force came out against PSA-based screening for prostate cancer in all men, regardless of age . I led ... Read on »

Screening for Prostate Cancer w/PSA: What's Our Goal? by Alvin B. Lin Medical Doctor

Posted Thu 15 Mar 2012 3:00am " In this world, nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes ." Benjamin Franklin Check out USA Today . The prostate specific antigen (PSA) controversy continues . Before you pummel me with virtual tomatoes, let's agree to something: no one is immortal. In other words, we're all going to die eventually. The problem then ... Read on »

USPSTF Recommends Against PSA for Prostate Cancer Screening by Alvin B. Lin Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 22 May 2012 3:00am Wow! If you want to start an argument in polite company, add PSA (prostate specific antigen) screening for prostate cancer to the list of topics (politics & religion) not to be discussed in polite company. And if you want to make yourself unpopular, advocate against PSA screening for prostate cancer as the US Preventive Services Task Fo ... Read on »

Why I decided to get a PSA screening test for prostate cancer by Francine H. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 24 May 2012 12:00am I’m a big believer in avoiding over-testing and over-treatment. So it might surprise you that I opted to undergo prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening for prostate cancer right around the time that the US Preventive Services Task Force recommended against PSA screening in healthy men of any age. I know that PSA is a very imperfect indi ... Read on »

PCA3, PSA, and free PSA in prediction of prostate cancer risk by Dr. Arnon Krongrad Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 01 Dec 2010 12:00am A new study has suggested that, although the PCA3 test is slightly better than the total PSA test in prediction of risk for a positive biopsy finding, it is not necessarily always better than the free PSA test. Aubin et al. conducted an “add on” study among patients in the placebo arm of the REDUCE trial i.e., among the men wh ... Read on »