Understanding PSA Levels

At-Home Collection

At-Home collection kit is delivered directly to a patient's home. The patient provides a sample and it is sent directly back to the laboratory via FedEx. The process is illustrated below.

 

In-Office Collection

In-office collection is performed in the office of your physician.  The office can explain the collection process and will handle sending the sample into the testing laboratory.

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The At-Home Collection Kit
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Known Limitations of PSA screening include:

  1. Low sensitivity and specificity for prostate cancer
  2. Common conditions that lead to an increase of PSA such as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and inflammation of the prostate
  3. PSA results must be used in combination with other factors such as age, family history and ethnicity
  4. PSA cannot distinguish high grade from low grade prostate cancer

Importantly, the increased detection of Prostate Cancer has led to over-diagnosis of clinically insignificant or indolent prostate cancer and consequent overtreatment with surgery or radiation.

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What do PSA numbers mean?

PSA levels generally increase with age. Generally speaking, PSA numbers may be interpreted as identified below. However, this is by no means intended to be a definitive guide and should be taken in conjunction with a patient’s medical history, risk profile, race and other clinical factors when attempting to assess risk. The EPI-CE Test may be able to help provide additional information for men who want to better understand their risk for aggressive or clinically significant prostate cancer.

There is no widely acceptable limit for justifying a biopsy in PSA range of 2 to 10 ng/mL. This is where The EPI-CE test can provide additional helpful information that allows doctors and patients to understand the risk of having clinically significant prostate cancer on biopsy.

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