How a Prostate Cancer Test Can Save Your Life

Although prostate cancer is considered a disease of older men, it is known to harm their unmanned as young as their early 30's. Heredity appears to play a factor especially in younger patients.

If you have people over 50, you should consider annual prostate cancer PSA (prostate specific antigen) test. It is a simple blood test that can help doctors catch the very early cases of prostate cancer. This is a great way to protect yourself from this potentially deadly disease that affects men in their later years.

Let me warn you that an elevated PSA result can be caused by various factors, not necessarily indicate prostate cancer. These other causes include BPH, or benign prostatic hypertrophy, or enlargement, and also to improve the PSA test results. Even prostatitis and lower urinary tract symptoms may show elevated levels of PSA.

Prostate specific antigen test as any other simple blood test. Blood was drawn by a phlebotomist and sent to a laboratory for analizu.Normalan result of the PSA test, does not guarantee that your free from cancer, even higher than normal result means you have cancer

PSA count from 0 to 3.9 nanograms per milliliter of blood is generally considered normal. Higher levels of 3.9 ng number may indicate there May be a prostate problem which could be anything from swelling or inflammation, infection or cancer.

is extremely important to follow your doctor's guidance in relation to dealing with prostate specific antigen rezultata.Rezultati are an indication that something may be going alone. Complicate matters more, PSA can also increase with age. Oh, and the relative size of the prostate also plays a factor in interpreting the results.

This point is strongly encourage you to get an annual prostate exam and PSA blood test.

Please do not assume a high PSA reading means that you have prostate cancer. All high-level PSI reading shows that there is "May" be a problem. Two out of three people with elevated PSA readings have malignancy. So, do not panic!

Here are a few very good reasons why you should consider getting an annual PSA blood test

a. Your doctor is much better able to detect potential prostate cancer, even if you do not have symptoms.

2 Early detection means a much greater likelihood of successful treatment and cure

3.Test PSA in the blood is simple and has been recognized as a major contributing factor in the continued decline of prostate cancer death

So what we know as patients about the PSA test is not perfect and can not clearly identify the presence of prostate cancer. All tests provides an indicator of potential benign or cancerous prostate problems

We also know that the term "normal" in resolving the PSA test result is subject to interpretation due to many factors. That is why it is important that your doctor interpret the results.

PSA test shows normal levels of antigen in about 20% of cases in men with early prostate cancer melanoma.

Even with an imperfect test, however, it is recognized that PSA is a good indicator of the tools in our arsenal to fight this deadly disease. Keep in mind that the Harvard study done in 2005 indicated that those people who have an annual PSA test and follow-up PSA levels almost 3 times less likely to die of prostate cancer than those who do not bother with PSA

Finally, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the introduction 20 years ago was the use of the PSA test, deaths from prostate cancer have fallen by a third. Prostate cancer, if caught in its early stages is treated and cured. Do not wait until it's too late to get this important test done