Prostate Cancer Screening Test

Prostate cancer is cancer that occurs in the prostate — a small walnut-shaped gland in men.

This is is the gland that produces the seminal fluid that nourishes and transports sperm.

Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men and is generally slow-growing, without causing serious harm.

Some Prostate Cancers are slow moving while others are aggressive, and in both scenarios identifying the cancer earlier is key.

Surgery is a treatment choice for men with early-stage prostate cancer who are in good health.

Surgery to remove the prostate is called prostatectomy, but prior to the surgery, it is often necessary to have a prostate biopsy

Certain factors such as age, race, and family history can increase your risk for the disease.

A strong family history or genetic predisposition to prostate cancer or breast cancer can also increase your risk.

Other health risk factors such as obesity can also affect the advancement and aggression of the cancer.

A PSA marker, or Prostate-Specific Antigen, is the biomarker we screen for in this test.

PSA is a measurable indicator of the amount of protein created by cancerous and non-cancerous tissue in the prostate.

We measure Total PSA, which acts as the first level of screening for Prostate Cancer