PSA test
Prostate cancer check
A PSA test measures prostate-specific antigen in the blood, used to screen for prostate cancer and monitor treatment.
Elevated PSA levels may indicate cancer, but also benign conditions like enlarged prostate.
The test remains controversial—it catches some cancers early but also leads to overdiagnosis and unnecessary treatment.
His doctor recommended an annual PSA test after fifty.
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- early detectionFinding something at onset
- cancerUncontrolled cell proliferation disease
- urologistUrinary system physician
- bloodBody's oxygen carrier
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- medical testsCT scan, X-ray, MRI, CBC, blood work
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- blood testsCBC, complete blood count, blood work, CMP, hemoglobin
- lab testsCBC, urinalysis, complete blood count, blood chemistry, bloodwork
PSA testprostate biopsy
Surgical tissue sampling from male gland
biopsy · needle biopsy · pathology report · tissue sampling · prostatectomy
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