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Dr. David Samadi clarifies confusion surrounding the new government recommendation that healthy men forgo PSA screening. As he explains, the panel’s decision is based on older studies of older men, rather than newer studies of younger men – the group most likely to benefit from PSA tests. Since 1990, prostate cancer deaths have decreased 40% as a result of early prostate cancer testing and early diagnosis. Dr. Samadi stresses the need for individualized care explaining that testing healthy, younger men allows them to establish a PSA baseline, from which annual PSA screenings can monitor changes referred to as the PSA velocity.

Dr. David Samadi, prostate cancer specialist at Mt. Sinai Medical Center, discusses prostate cancer key facts. He stresses the PSA test importance and the evaluation of test results by an experienced PSA expert to monitor PSA level trends and PSA velocity. Regarding alternative prostate cancer treatments, Dr. Samadi cautions against too much reliance on diet and supplements, but encourages men to maintain a healthy weight, exercise regularly and consume foods with antioxidants such as lycopene. Dr. Samadi also discusses his specialty, robotic prostatectomy surgery, stressing that it completely eliminates the prostate cancer and is the only way to accurately assess the disease – both the type and the stage or level of advancement. www.roboticoncology.com

This is a humorous look at a serious subject, prostate cancer. Using old western clips, the video explains what prostate cancer is and encourages men to get a PSA test when appropriate.

The Prostate Centre is encouraging men to know their number — the PSA test measures levels of a substance in the blood (Prostate Specific Antigen) that can signal a problem in the prostate. The PSA test is a simple blood test that gives an indication of a man’s risk of having prostate cancer. Nick Ferrari had a prostate exam in 2007, so a few years on — and on the back of the launch of Blue September in the UK, a month long campaign designed to raise awareness of male cancers — it is now an time to revisit his prostate. Kate Holmes, Prostate Nurse Specialist at The Prostate Centre, takes radio DJ Nick Ferrari’s PSA test live on air.

Dr. Brian Miles, a urologist with The Methodist Hospital in Houston, talks about the PSA test to screen for prostate cancer. September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Read more about prostate cancer ow.ly

Following new anti-PSA recommendations from a US government task force, Dr. David Samadi and other prostate cancer specialists are speaking out in support of annual PSA screening. They believe PSA tests are the best line of defense against prostate cancer, proven by the drop in prostate cancer deaths over the past 15 years. A prostate cancer survivor shares how a routine PSA and early detection saved his life.

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The Health Testing Centers Prostate Check combines the PSA blood test with the PAP blood test. Alone the PSA blood test is considered the most effective test currently available for the early detection of prostate cancer.

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PSA test was high so a prostate biopsy was performed. How long after this biopsy should another PSA test be taken? Thanks.