3/6/2024 0 Comments Psa reliability and validityContrary to what you might have read in your newspaper, doctors never use the PSA (prostate specific antigen) blood test to actually diagnose prostate cancer as it is not entirely specific (to prostate cancer cancer) or sensitive (reliable in never missing a cancer). This is usually the very first test that patients have that leads them down the path of diagnosis. To start with, and to help new patients who are unaccustomed to the prostate cancer diagnosis process, let’s discuss the PSA blood test. It promises to be much more accurate in highlighting the possibility of prostate cancer than a PSA test, and avoids some of the uncomfortable aspects of a prostate biopsy. In this article, I’d like to discuss a new non-invasive test for prostate cancer that more and more of our patients are requesting. Updated December 2018 to account for new NICE guidance and add examples of tests
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