EditorialsReducing PSAnxiety: The importance of noninvasive chronic disease management in prostate cancer detection and treatment
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Why counsel before screening?
One of the most commonly cited reasons patients provide for being screened for cancer is to achieve “peace of mind.” Unfortunately, the traditionally accepted “normal” range of <4.0 ng/mL is not likely to provide reassurance for patients or physicians in the future. This is because recent studies suggest that the prevalence of prostate cancer among men aged 62 to 91 years with serial PSA levels below 4.0 ng/mL is 15.2% (15) and that approximately 25% of all men with PSA values between 2.1 and
Acknowledgment
The authors thank Debra McKeehen, MS, for her comments and assistance in preparation of this manuscript.
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