Saturday, June 2, 2012

My Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Test Monitoring as at 2012-03-23


My Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Test Monitoring as at 2012-03-23
(Reference Range: < 4.00 ug/L or 4 nanograms of PSA per milliliter)

Date of Test Total PSA Results
18 April 2007 0.580
16 June 2011 0.417
23 March 2012 0.428

My PSA results on 23 March 2012 is still considered as very good because of my healthy diet.

The following is from

The prostate is a walnut-sized gland nestled beneath the bladder. Prostate cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer deaths, killing 1 out of every 35 men. Catching the cancer before it spreads can improve a patient's chances of being alive five years later from 30 percent to almost 100 percent. [Why Can't We Cure Cancer?]
That's where prostate screening comes in. Prostate cells produce a protein called prostate-specific antigen, or PSA. A blood test can catch elevated levels of PSA, which can be a sign of prostate cancer

Most doctors consider more than 4 nanograms of PSA per milliliter of blood to be a red flag.

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