Open Access<p>A New Interpretation of the Standard PSA-Test</p>
Author(s) -
E. P. Esteban,
Lusmeralis Almodovar-Abreu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
research and reports in urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.506
H-Index - 20
ISSN - 2253-2447
DOI - 10.2147/rru.s240171
Subject(s) - medicine , percentile , prostate cancer , prostate specific antigen , nuclear medicine , population , incidence (geometry) , cancer , urology , statistics , mathematics , geometry , environmental health
In Puerto Rico, prostate cancer (PC) has the highest incidence and level of mortality. PC screening is performed using the standard prostatic-specific antigen (PSA) test with a cut-off value of 4.0 ng/mL. However, the standard PSA test is very controversial because it is subject to false positives and negatives.