Consistent PSA Screening Results In Better CaP Prognosis

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Researchers evaluated more than 1,000 men who had been screened for

prostate cancer and compared them based on treatment dates. Treatment

in the form of radical prostatectomy occurred either before 1995,

between 1995 and 1998 or after 1998. and colleagues compared the

change in PSA scores - or the PSA velocity which is of known prognostic

value - for each group. They found that men who had their PSA tested

routinely over longer periods of time were less likely to have adverse

features associated with their prostate cancer when compared to men who

had less screening. Researchers also report that over the time period

in which the PSA test was available, fewer men were diagnosed with

prostate cancer that had adverse features.Click on below link for the full story:<http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/118439.php>