How Malpractice Cases Might Allege Metastatic Prostate Cancer Due To Holdup From Watchful Waiting
Physicians typically use two tests to screen male patients for prostate cancer. The thought is to diagnose the cancer early - before it has a chance to spread while treatment is likely to eliminate the cancer rather than wait until the cancer advances and spreads at which point there is currently no known cure. The first is a physical examination of the prostate gland for any abnormalities that might be the effect of prostate cancer. The second test is the PSA blood test which measures the amount of prostate specific antigen in the man's system. A PSA over 4. ng/ml is usually regarded as elevated. Because prostate cancer raises the PSA level when prostate cancer advances doctors generally recommend a biopsy when the PSA test registers high.
Raised PSA test results can, though, be brought on by variables different from cancer, like inflammation of the prostate or infection. This type of elevated PSA readings are known as