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PSA Thresholds and Cancer Risk

The use of age-adjusted PSA thresholds and PSA density to estimate cancer risk and reduce false positives.

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How do age‑adjusted PSA thresholds and PSA density help differentiate BPH, prostatitis, and prostate cancer?

Age‑adjusted PSA thresholds and PSA density are tools clinicians use to reduce false positives from benign enlargement or inflammation and to better estimate cancer risk by accounting for prostate siz...