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Kindly let me know if it is possible to have a normal PSA level and still develop Prostate Cancer.Dagogo (by SMS)Although this is possible, it is highly unlikely. The PSA is a test for the antigen ...

What is considered a normal PSA level varies by age group. For example, for men in their 40s, a PSA level of 0 to 2.5 would be considered in the normal range.

Right now, PSA thresholds may incorporate age, family history and race before a man is believed to need a biopsy to confirm or dismiss prostate cancer. "Adding genetics isn't that big of a next ...

A high PSA level doesn’t necessarily mean you have prostate cancer, and men who have a normal PSA level – a 4 count or below – may still have cancer after all, according to a large study.

What's a normal PSA level by age? In a PSA test, the amount of prostate-specific antigen in your blood is measured in nanograms of PSA per millilitre of blood (ng/ml).

The question of what would be a normal cutoff of PSA is actually a very difficult one. First we had used 4.0 nanograms per ml, which is the amount of protein that's there, it's PSA protein per ...

For men in their 70s, a PSA level of up to 5ng/ml is considered normal, while there are no PSA level limits for men aged 80 and over. A PSA score may also be considered abnormal if it spikes by a ...

work better than the current PSA test -- and can tell whether the cancer is spreading. The new test looks for a protein called EPCA-2 -- or early prostate cancer antigen 2.

To investigate the likelihood that a man with a normal PSA level at baseline will subsequently convert to an abnormal PSA level over a 5-year screening period. Crawford et al. analyzed data from a ...

The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of prostate cancer in patients who have an elevated referral prostate-specific antigen (PSA), which subsequently falls to within their ...