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PSA Test - MSN

If your PSA is below 4, most doctors agree that you needn't be tested again for a year. When you have another test, remember that it's normal for your reading to go up by a few tenths of a point ...
In this substudy of the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Study 2001–2002, the authors examined levels of total and free serum PSA in 1,319 men aged >40 years.
The PSA level fell to normal in 43–46% treated with antibiotics and remained so in most men for 1–2 years (Bozeman CB et al. [2002] J Urol 167: 1723–1726).
Men with prostate cancer but normal PSA levels. Men with prostate cancer confined to the prostate. Men with prostate cancer that had invaded outside the gland at the time of surgery.
On average, men's levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) decrease as their body mass index (BMI) rises, a new study shows.
"Your PSA number is important, and so is the rate at which it changes," said Dr. Kenneth Kernen at MIU. "There are men with a PSA of 20 who don't have prostate cancer and men with a PSA of 2 who do." ...
The men had a mean age of 60.1, median PSA of 0.92 ng/ml and mean pre-statin LDL level of 152 mg/dl. PSA changes were strongly linked with LDL changes; PSA levels declined by 1.1 percent for every ...