All About PSA

Federal Prostate Cancer Screening Guidelines - The United States Preventive Services Task Force is responsible for the official cancer screening guidelines for the United States federal government. The group has produced a set of prostate cancer screening guidelines.

The PSA (prostate specific antigen) test is used around the world to screen for prostate cancer. What should you know about this important test?

Thousands of men each year are told that they have a high PSA level after undergoing a routine screening test. The most important and most concerning cause of an elevated PSA is prostate cancer. However, prostate cancer is only one of many potential causes of an elevated PSA. Virtually anything that irritates the prostate will cause the PSA to rise, at least temporarily.

Your PSA results can be a source of anxiety or reassurance. It is essential to understand what your PSA results really mean and what, if anything, you need to do about them.

PSA (prostate specific antigen) velocity refers to the speed of change of PSA over time. More and more evidence has been found that PSA velocity is an important piece of information for evaluating prostate cancer risk.

PSA density is just one of a number of recent advances that have been made in the understanding of the PSA test.

Percent-Free PSA is one of a number of recent advances in the understanding of the PSA test for prostate cancer. Does your percent-free PSA matter?

What are some other causes of an elevated PSA? Thousands of men each year are told that they have a high PSA level after undergoing a routine screening test. The most important and most concerning cause of an elevated PSA is prostate cancer. However, prostate cancer is only one of many potential causes of an elevated PSA. Have you had a high...