PSA….CONTROVERSIAL, BUT STILL WORTHWHILE WHEN USED WITH PERSPECTIVE

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In the past, the total PSA value over 4.0 was considered suggestive of prostate cancer. Subsequent experience has shown this to be inadequate as an absolute cut-off. Among the ways we have changed our analysis of the PSA is looking at PSA velocity (change of PSA over time) with a rise in PSA over 0.5 …