Sentences with phrase «elevated psa»

Some of the most frequent revelations that come from those lab results are high cholesterol often coupled with low HDL (good cholesterol), elevated liver functions, elevated PSA (prostate specific antigen) and very often elevated glucose accompanied by an elevated A1C, a measure of long term glucose averages.
Mr. Hineman, I may be able to shed some light on your client having an elevated PSA when he had the insurance company do his blood work.
This will determine if there is cancer or if the elevated PSA has been caused by something else, like prostatitis (an infection of the prostate).
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Many life insurance agents don't know this, which is why we consistently find the best life insurance rates for people with prostate cancer or elevated PSA's.
Urologist determines elevated PSA benign; prostate cancer results in death Action: Medical malpractice Attorneys: Andrew C. Meyer Jr. and Adam R. Satin, Lubin & Meyer, Boston
I am thankful for the careful, judicious assessment of my case that was triggered by an elevated PSA level.
While prostate changes can occur with testosterone replacement, a study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism in June of 2010, which looked closely at the adverse reactions reported in 51 other studies, found there to be no increased risk of the development of prostate cancer, prostate related urinary symptoms, or elevated PSA (prostate specific antigen).
«I have a patient who had five previous biopsy sessions over the past seven years, and he's had persistently elevated PSA, yet each biopsy came back negative,» Rais - Bahrami said.
The study included questions on BPH - related outcomes, including enlarged prostate, elevated PSA levels and nocturia.
«The phi test helps physicians distinguish prostate cancer from benign conditions by utilizing three different PSA markers (PSA, freePSA and p2PSA) as part of a sophisticated algorithm to more reliably determine the probability of cancer in patients with elevated PSA levels,» said Kevin Slawin, MD, director, Vanguard Urologic Institute at Memorial Hermann Medical Group, clinical professor of Urology at Baylor College of Medicine and director of Urology, Memorial Hermann Hospital ‐ Texas Medical Center, who performed some of the key research that led to the development of the phi test and who also began using the test in February.
«Many more men have elevated PSA than actually have cancer but it can be difficult to determine this without biopsy.
«After years of collaboration with some of the world's leading prostate cancer researchers and medical institutions who have studied the scientific and clinical benefits of phi, we are pleased that the test is now available to help physicians and patients with an elevated PSA test result, more accurately detect prostate cancer2,» said John Blackwood, senior vice president, Chemistry / Immunoassay Business Unit, Beckman Coulter Diagnostics.
The participants were referred for biopsy because of elevated PSA or an abnormal digital rectal exam.
A recent study by investigators from LIJ Medical Center demonstrated that using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in men with an elevated prostate specific antigen (PSA) resulted in a prostate cancer detection rate that was twice as high as data reported in the March 1999 Prostate journal that analyzed men undergoing the standard 12 - core biopsy with an elevated PSA.
Activities stimulating to the prostate performed within 48 hours may elevate PSA (ejaculation, bike riding, heavy lifting, etc.).
I had mentioned in a post not too long ago about a new test that might negate the need for invasive biopsies when men have a high or elevating PSA.

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Michael was recognised for his contribution to parenting and education when he was elevated to the PSA Speaker Hall of Fame in 2013.
It is often diagnosed after blood tests show elevated prostate - specific antigen (PSA), but the PSA test has come increasingly under fire for being unreliable.
Prostate cancer is currently diagnosed by elevated levels of prostate - specific antigen (PSA).
We need new tools to help patients and doctors make better decisions about what to do if serum PSA is elevated.
The tumour has completely disappeared in the two patients after three to four treatments and can no longer be detected neither by PET / CT imaging nor by the tumour marker PSA (Prostate - specific antigen), whose blood level is often elevated in men with prostate cancer.
The blood level of PSA, a protein produced by cells of the prostate gland, is often elevated in men with prostate cancer.
«The management of patients with elevated or borderline PSA continues to be a challenge, and having the additional knowledge of a patient's genetic risk for prostate cancer can be very useful.
Contrary to the medical preference of chemically castrating men with prostate cancer, research with boron has shown that elevated testosterone levels are beneficial by shrinking prostate tumours and PSA levels, PSA being a marker for tumours and inflammation in the prostate.
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Human PSA tests can not be used since dogs with prostate problems since dogs have elevated levels of a different esterase called CPSE.
We applied two years ago and thought we were in a good position to get a new term policy approved, a policy he needed for a business buy / sell plan, but on the application exam his PSA was elevated again.
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