Prostate biopsies based on PSA changes are largely unnecessary, researchers say. Feb. 25, 2010— -- If prostate biopsies were based only on the rate of change in PSA level over time, the number of ...

When a patient presents for assessment of prostate cancer risk, do serial measurements of PSA provide more-useful information than determination of a single PSA concentration? The authors of a new ...

To determine whether men at risk of death from prostate cancer, despite radical prostatectomy, can be identified at diagnosis on the basis of PSA velocity. Pretreatment and follow-up data on ...

The most significant single predictor of aggressive prostate cancer is an elevated rate of increase in prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels, according to a new study. Published in the July 1, 2007 ...

Some studies have suggested that the rate of change of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels may correspond with prostate cancer survival. But this does not necessarily mean that PSA velocity will be ...

An analysis of 5,519 men undergoing biopsy in the control arm of the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial uncovered no evidence to support the recommendation that men with high PSA velocity be biopsied in ...

Radical prostatectomy (RP) patients who have a preoperative PSA velocity greater than 0.4 ng/mL per year are 50% less likely to have insignificant disease compared with patients with lower PSA ...

We conducted a systematic review of studies published before March 2007 in which a PSA dynamic (velocity or doubling time) was calculated in patients before definitive treatment, a subsequent event ...

Cancer organizations commonly recommend prostate biopsies for men who have experienced a rapid rise in PSA levels. But according to findings from a San Antonio study published Feb. 24 in the Journal ...

The potential of peripheral blood HERV-K expression as a biomarker for diagnosis with prostate cancer in older men. Safety results of the enzalutamide expanded access program in the United States and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Exercise appeared associated with decreased PSA levels, PSA velocity and prostate cancer cell growth in men with ...

To earn CME related to this news article, click here. April 27, 2009 (Chicago, Illinois) — The American Urological Association (AUA) issued new guidelines today during its 104th annual meeting. The ...