PSA Test

• New Alberta ClarityDX prostate cancer blood test ‘groundbreaking’: developers

  The ClarityDX test is touted as three times more accurate at discovering clinically significant prostate cancer than current screening methods.

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  Sep 28, 2023
  
• Higher risk of aggressive prostate cancer in Indigenous men, study shows

  The study, published Monday in the journal Cancer, looked at prostate cancer screening data among almost 1.5 million men in Alberta between 2014 and 2022.

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  Jul 10, 2023
  
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• New research finds prostate screening test saves lives, but experts still don’t recommend it

  In response to the controversy, Prostate Cancer Canada has called for  “smart screening,” a personalized approach.

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  Sep 4, 2017
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• Could there soon be a better way to protect against prostate cancer?

  The PSA test for prostate cancer has been linked to unnecessary treatments and biopsies. That's prompted researchers to start developing a more accurate prostate cancer detection tool.

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  May 22, 2017
• Should PSA test be free for all men in B.C.?

  Now some Okanagan residents are urging B.C. to follow in the footsteps of other provinces and make the test free for all men.

  Oct 13, 2015
• New guidelines say PSA test no longer effective as prostate cancer-screening tool

  The CTFPHC found that almost 20 per cent of men, ages 55 to 69, who had a PSA test received at least one false-positive, leading to about 18 per cent of the men undergoing unnecessary biopsies.

  Oct 27, 2014