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Prostate Cancer
Many Men In 'Safe' PSA Range Have Cancer
May 26th, 1997
Physicians across the country who use the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test to screen for prostate cancer have long stuck to a hard-and-fast rule: If the PSA in a man's blood is less than 4 nanograms per milliliter and the digital rectal exam is normal, he doesn't need to be biopsied for cancer. But a new study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that doctors who follow this rule may be missing many more cancers than previously thought. Researchers biopsied 332 men who had PSA levels between 2.6 and 4 and found that a surprising 22 percent of these men had prostate cancer. The findings are reported...
Source: Cancer Weekly (1997-05-26)
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