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What is the PSA test? :
What is the PSA test?
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Deciding whether or not to have the PSA test :
Deciding whether or not to have the PSA test
Why some men have not had a PSA test
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Encouraged by family, friends and the media
Routine health checks
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Waiting for the results of a PSA test
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What may happen when a PSA test result is abnormal
Biopsy of the prostate
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The PSA test for prostate cancer

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Did not have any symptoms, but having read articles about prostate cancer and the PSA test in the national press he decided to ask his GP for the test. The result was 'normal'.

Cancer >> The PSA test for prostate cancer >> Age 61-70 >> Interview 39 >> He had lost weight and had mild erectile problems. His PSA test showed that it was raised, so the doctor suggested a biopsy.

He had lost weight and had erectile problems. In 2004, at his annual check up, he asked for a PSA test, which was slightly raised. After a biopsy he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and treated with hormones and brachytherapy.

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