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PSA stands for prostate specific antigen. It is a sensitive indicator for presence or absence of prostate cancer. (However, there can be false positives and false negatives.)
PSA cut-offs are set around 4.0. However, it is the rate of rise that should be paid close attention to. If three consecutive rises in the PSA occur, your physician should recommend further testing, including DRE (digital rectal exam) and possibly rectal ultrasound (with or without ultrasound guided biopsy of the prostate gland.
Consult your physician for further details, in your particular circumstance.
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What do higher than normal PSA levels mean?
Elevated PSA levels can mean different things. It can point to a higher risk of cancer of the prostate or it could point to a more benign enlargement of the prostate. It is important to understand that prostate cancer can occur with normal PSA levels present. Your boyfriend should follow up with his physician to do more tests to determine what is causing the elevated PSA levels.
What kind of blood test show psa levels?
it is the PSA blood test that tests the blood for the level of PSA
Can prednisone increase psa levels?
yes
Where can one find information on the normal PSA levels by age?
The normal PSA levels by age may be found on the websites of large cancer organizations. The government sponsored NIH website has information about these levels.
Can psa high levels indicate gallbladder infected instead of prostate cancer?
Absolutely not. Your WBC count would be elevated, among other things, but certainly not PSA levels.
Can vitaminB12or iron raise the psa levels?
yes
What does the medical abbreviation PSA mean?
PSA means prostate specific antigen.Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA)
What are normal PSA levels?
A PSA level of 10 is a little high but it is still within a healthy range. A healthly PSA range is between 4 and 10. Anything lower or higher could be a problem.
What does a psa of 0.6 mean?
A PSA of 0.6 is great. That means your prostate is very healthy.
What are some treatment options for elevated psa levels?
Elevated PSA levels may be an indication of prostate cancer or other prostate problems. Typically treatment would be surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and hormone therapy. Once the prostate problems are resolved the PSA level should decrease back to a normal level.
After a prostate surgery the PSA still rising can you still have cancer after prostate surgery?
If the PSA levels conitnue to rise that would indicate that some of the cancerous cells may have migrated from the diseased prostate gland prior to removal. Your MD or urologist will give you much more detailed info on this possibility.
Normal PSA Levels?
In men over 40 years of age, is common for doctors performing blood tests on their patients to examine Prostatic Specific Antigen (PSA) levels. PSA is a protein produced by the male prostate gland. If the PSA level is above certain levels, or has shown to be getting progressively higher over a number of tests conducted over a period of time, it serves as a warning sign of either prostate cancer or other noncancerous prostatic diseases. A normal PSA level does not completely rule out the possibility of prostate cancer. Many doctors are of the opinion that any male who lives long enough will eventually develop prostate cancer, but that it may not necessarily be the cause of death. Given the somewhat vague nature of the results supplied by PSA testing, it is also necessary to consider adding a colonoscopy to the equation along with occasional digital prostate exams. The PSA test, however, is a popular diagnostic tool, since it is noninvasive in nature. Knowing normal PSA levels will assist a personal care physician in determining a patient's prostate cancer risk when other factors, such as family history are included. A PSA level of below four ng/ml (nanogram/milliliter) is often used as the basis to eliminate concern about the risk of prostate cancer, even though this level does not completely eliminate the possibility. A PSA level below four combined with a digital examination that indicates normal prostate size means that there is only a 15% chance of prostate cancer being present. This increases to 25% for PSA levels between four and 10. Anything above 10 represents an increase to 67%. Some experts in the area of PSA levels promote using lower numbers, less than 2.5 or 3.0 ng/ml to represent normal values. This is particularly applicable to younger patients who have not experienced the normal prostate gland the enlargement that accompanies advancing age. Equally important to the PSA number is the trend of that number. Is it going up, how quickly, over what period of time? These are questions doctors will consider on a patient by patient basis?
