Not Hair Loss News – Personalized PSA Testing Could Reduce Biopsies
Snippet from the article:
Genetic variants have been identified which can increase serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) concentrations and prostate cancer risk. A new study published in The Journal of Urology® reports that correcting PSA levels for these genetic variants can have significant consequences, including avoiding unnecessary biopsies for some men and eliminating false complacency for others.
In this study of 964 healthy Caucasian men, correcting individual PSA levels for these genetic variants led to an 18.3 percent reduction in the number of men who initially had a measured serum PSA above the biopsy criteria, but whose adjusted PSA fell below the cutoff value. The latter group would have likely undergone what would have been an unnecessary biopsy. Conversely, genetic correction led to PSA levels moving from below threshold to above threshold for 3.4 percent of the men, thus sending out an alert for further investigation.
Read the rest — Personalizing Prostate Specific Antigen Testing May Improve Specificity, Reduce Biopsies
It’s time to put an end to this draconian anachronistic and inaccurate test referred to as the PSA. It should be banned. Even the creator of the test (who has never had it himself) says he wishes he had never developed it. I have never had it, and I’m 54. And I never will.
Major medical societies recommend against having the PSA for ALL ages.
The PSA should be BANNED!