How often the prostate needs to be tested

Testing the specific prostate antigen (PSA) from blood once a year is thought to lead to unnecessary prostate biopsy and unnecessary treatment for prostate cancer, which does more harm than good, Kosovo Press broadcasts.

Since 1995, this association has rejected routine testing for prostate cancer, and that recommendation has not changed.

The new recommendation addresses the limited importance of the PSA test. It is also considered that digital prostate control should not be done by all patients, regardless of their problems and symptoms.

Clinical studies have confirmed that the largest number of prostate cancer cases detected by routine testing The PSA and subsequent biopsy are on the rise slow and that most patients do not need treatment.

These patients will most often die of prostate cancer than prostate cancer.

Recommendations:

Discuss with the patient what they are positive about and what are the negative aspects of routine testing of prostate with the warning of access to wrong results that can lead to unnecessary treatment with all the consequences of treatment

Stop digital testing prostate as standard testing prostate cancer

Take the value of the first PSA test done in the past and decide how often that test should be repeated.

Prostatic cancer is the most common form of cancer after skin cancer in Americans.

However, prostate cancer is usually slow, and depending on the patient's age, many patients will die from another disease.

Finally, it should be emphasized that the test The PSA and the digital examination of the prostate should not be excluded in any way, but simply not be used routineally. It should be more critical and use the test if it's really necessary.