Checking PSA levels too soon after prostate cancer surgery can lead to overtreatment, study suggests

After surgical removal of the prostate to treat prostate cancer, clinicians monitor prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels.
Staten Island Advance

Dear Doctor: Shouldn’t my PSA level be zero after surgery?

I am a 74-year-old man. I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2019 and had my prostate removed in 2021. My PSA level was 0.39 on my three-month follow-up visit, but it has increased to 1.460. In my ...
Science Daily

Nanoparticle PSA test predicts if prostate cancer will return: Ultrasensitive test gives first accurate answer after prostate cancer surgery

Conventional PSA tests aren't sensitive enough to show if men are cured after having a cancerous prostate gland removed. New research shows an ultrasensitive PSA test using nanoparticle-based ...
News Medical

Current PSA monitoring guidelines may lead to overtreatment after prostate surgery

After surgical removal of the prostate to treat prostate cancer, clinicians monitor Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) levels. Persistently elevated PSA levels indicate residual cancer and are linked to ...
Medical Xpress

Researchers discover link between PSA level at time of salvage therapy following surgery and risk of death

The performance characteristics of prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography improves with increasing prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level. This, coupled with insurance approval ...
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Retrospective evaluation of GM-CSF, low-dose cyclophosphamide, and celecoxib on PSA doubling time (DT) in men with prostate cancer and PSA relapse after surgery or radiation.

Mental distress, chronic fatigue, and neuroticism as significant predictors of side effects in prostate cancer patients after radical prostatectomy (RP) or high-dose radiotherapy (RAD). Background: ...
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Checking PSA levels too soon after prostate cancer surgery can lead to overtreatment

After surgical removal of the prostate to treat prostate cancer, clinicians monitor Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) levels. Persistently elevated PSA levels indicate residual cancer and are linked to ...