New prostate cancer screening test
[DOCX File]Prostate cancer screening in Australia – position …
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A prostate cancer diagnosis at any age has a major impact on a man’s quality of life. The risk of developing or dying from prostate cancer increases strongly with age - 90% of new prostate cancer cases occur in men aged 55 years and over, with 99% of prostate cancer deaths occurring in this age group.
[DOC File]Prostate Specific Antigen Testing: An Update
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The American Cancer Society (ACS), which has not recommended regular PSA screenings since the 1990s, recently updated its prostate cancer screening guidelines to include warnings of the limitations of the PSA test, adding that PSA testing should only be offered to informed patients after receiving information about the uncertainties, risks, and ...
[DOC File]Self-Assessment Final
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A 60-year-old man has a positive PSA (prostate-specific antigen, a screening test for prostate cancer.) If the sensitivity and specificity of PSA are 80% and 90%, respectively, and the prevalence of prostate cancer in men in this age group is 10%, we can conclude that the probability that this patient truly has prostate cancer is closest to:
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New research has shown that the PSA test doesn’t work very well as a regular screening test for prostate cancer. It could help some men avoid dying from prostate cancer. But for many men, the test may lead to serious harms without providing any benefit.
[DOC File]A Skeptical View of Screening Tests
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Prostate Cancer Screening. Does PSA screening for prostate cancer save lives? The PCLO trial showed no reduction in mortality with screening. The European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer showed that out of every 10,000 men screened, 7 fewer died of prostate cancer but the total number of deaths was not reduced.
[DOC File]Prostate Cancer Screening with
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It is not yet known whether use of the PSA test for prostate cancer screening is beneficial. Large, randomized controlled trials are in progress; results are not expected for several years. If a cancer is present, the PSA test will have between a 77-98% chance of detecting it. The false-positive rate of the PSA test is between 3% and 23%.
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