A PSA test will cost as much as $500 for those that do not have insurance. This is a test that has to do with prostate cancer in men.
The PSA test is a test to diagnose prostate cancer in men. It measures the blood level of PSA, a protein that is produced by the prostate gland. If the PSA level is high, the person is more likely to have prostate cancer.
PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) is usually found in blood of men with prostate cancer.
It's not an infection. This acronym stands for "Prostate Specific Antigen". The test is to detect prostate cancer in men over 50.
The PSA test, is a test to check the prostate-specific antigen. This test is used as an early screening test to detect prostate cancer in men. All men over the age of 50 years old should have a PSA screening test yearly.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, followed by lung and colorectal cancers.
90% of men will get prostate cancer if they live long enough. So if you took 10 men who were aged 100 years old, 9 of them will have prostate cancer.
No, the prostate cancer gene is only found in men.
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The incidence of prostate cancer increases with age, and though highly unlikely, it is theoretically possible for a teenager to develop prostate cancer. It is basically unheard of for a person under 35 to develop prostate cancer with under 0.1% of prostate cancer diagnoses. For the age group 35-44, the incidence of prostate cancer is about 9 per 1,000,000 men. The average age at diagnosis is 67.
In some instances, prostate cancer can strike younger men in their 40’s and 50’s, especially if there is a family history of prostate cancer, as well as older men. All adult men need to learn about this cancer and pay attention to their bodies." [From the Prostate Cancer Prevention and Control Initiative info page on Mass.gov, the official Web site of Massachusetts.]
Men, aged 50 and above, should be concerned with prostate health, although new thinking in the medical community suggests that men begin having checks as early as 30. A simple PSA test can screen for signs of prostate cancer.