PSA test valuable in predicting biopsy need, low-risk prostate cancer

Friday, October 21, 2011 - 16:30 in Health & Medicine

The prostate-specific antigen test, commonly known as the PSA test, is valuable in predicting which men should have biopsies and which are likely to be diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer, a Mayo Clinic study has found. The findings were released today during a meeting of the North Central Section of the American Urological Association in Rancho Mirage, Calif.

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