prostate-specific

Prostate cancer is screened for by a prostate exam (palpation of the prostate by rectal exam) and a blood test called prostate-specific antigen (PSA).

THE PROGRAM KELLY TRAVER 2009

Prostate cancer is screened for by a prostate exam (palpation of the prostate by rectal exam) and a blood test called prostate-specific antigen (PSA).

THE PROGRAM KELLY TRAVER 2009

Many doctors already use a variety of monitoring strategies for men whose low-grade prostate cancer was detected through PSA screening, a blood test that detects levels of a protein made in the prostate gland known as prostate-specific antigen.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

The P.S.A. test, often given to men starting at age 50, detects a protein called prostate-specific antigen and can identify the presence of cancerous cells in the prostate.

NYT > Home Page By TARA PARKER-POPE 2012

The book quotes no less an authority than University of Arizona College of Medicine Professor Richard Ablin, the man who discovered the "prostate-specific antigen," the enzyme that led to the development of the PSA test.

Charles Alexander: Feeling Good? Don't Let A Doctor Overdiagnose You! Charles Alexander 2011

The book quotes no less an authority than University of Arizona College of Medicine Professor Richard Ablin, the man who discovered the "prostate-specific antigen," the enzyme that led to the development of the PSA test.

Charles Alexander: Feeling Good? Don't Let A Doctor Overdiagnose You! Charles Alexander 2011

• PSA for breast cancer: A new technique may help to identify breast cancers earlier by measuring levels of prostate-specific antigen PSA in blood samples from patients, according to a study in Analytical Chemistry.

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ASCO will detail the results of a study assessing whether prostate-specific antigen, better known as PSA, levels in a group of Swedish men aged 44 to 50 can predict the risk of the cancer spreading or the patient dying up to 30 years later.

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"In late July, during a routine checkup, my PSA (prostate-specific antigen) levels were found to be high, which can be an indicator of prostate cancer," the Republican lawmaker said in a statement.

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"In late July, during a routine checkup, my PSA (prostate-specific antigen) levels were found to be high, which can be an indicator of prostate cancer," the Republican lawmaker said in a statement.

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