The PSA Test - What you need to know

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The PSA test is a blood test that looks for elevated levels of prostate-specific antigen, which could lead to a diagnosis of prostate cancer. For men considering having a PSA test, it is important to fully understand how the test works and the implications of the test results.

This video was jointly produced by Health Dialog and the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making.

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[GracefulAging]

Good points. This is one element in the USPSTF's strong recommendation that healthy males 50 or over should not get a PSA test. It concluded that the risk of serious harm from over-diagnosis and over-treatment far outweighs the detection of otherwise generally very slow growing cancer. We engaged in a spirited and informative conversation on the gracefulaging website. Just search there for prostate and find more good thinking information.