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 Posted: Wed 12:40, 31 Jul 2013 Post subject: the study's lead researcher |
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men. But the test can also uncover cancers that never lead to death. In fact, non-lethal prostate cancers make up about 30% of the cases found by the PSA, according to the researchers' media statement.The scientists studied 849 men (122 with and 727 without prostate cancer) by performing a series of PSA tests. The results showed that none of the men who were 75 years old or older and had a PSA below 3 ng/ml (nanograms per milliliter) subsequently died from cancer of the prostate and only one developed high-risk cancer of the prostate. On the other hand, men of all ages with a PSA greater than or equal to 3.0 ng/ml did have an increased risk of death from prostate cancer.In a statement to the press,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the study's lead researcher,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Edward M. Schaeffer MD, PhD,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], emphasized that men over the age of 75 years should continue to be checked for clinical signs of prostate cancer. According to the Prostate Cancer Foundation,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a clinical exam for prostate cancer involves a digital rectal exam,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], or DRE, which a physician performs
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