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Know These Important Facts on PSA Tests for Screening or Diagnosis

Published on Thu Jul 20, 2023

Question: A 66-year-old male patient was complaining of frequent urination during his annual physical. He also noticed some discoloration and darkening of his urine, and test results showed some trace blood in his urine. He has a history of enlarged prostate, and the physician ordered a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening to rule out prostate cancer, which came back within normal [...]
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