Dear Dr. Roach: My age is 73, and I’ve had a steadily increasing PSA level for many years. In 2020, the result was 11.8 ng/mL, and it has risen to 17-18 ng/mL, where it has stayed for the past year.

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 ...

ATLANTA - Each year, millions of American men get a blood test known as a PSA, or prostate-specific antigen, test as part of their yearly checkup. PSA is a protein produced by the prostate gland. If a ...

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a protein made by the prostate gland. A high PSA level could be a sign of an enlarged prostate, inflammation called prostatitis, or prostate cancer. The PSA test ...

This article was reviewed by Darragh O’Carroll, MD. PSA and Testosterone: Are They Linked? Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a term you’ll probably become familiar with once you start getting ...

A recent post hoc analysis assesses whether PSA changes can predict survival outcomes in patients with metastatic or very high risk nonmetastatic prostate cancer.

Screening for prostate cancer using a blood test likely reduces the risk of dying from prostate cancer and may also reduce the risk of dying from any cause. Screening likely makes little to no ...

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 ...

A single PSA test at midlife may identify men with a low risk of prostate cancer for up to 20 years, supporting longer screening intervals. Men with a low baseline PSA level at midlife have a low risk ...

High pre-treatment PSA levels correlate with increased recurrence and treatment failure in intermediate-risk prostate cancer patients treated with HIFU. Gleason grade 3 or higher is associated with ...