The PSA prostate cancer detection system, using dry blood-spot technology, provides a new level of convenience and effectiveness to ensure men receive this important advantage.
The prostate specific antigen (PSA) blood test is a screening test that measures the amount of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in a man's blood. PSA is a chemical made by the prostate, a sex gland located near the bladder in males that produces some of the seminal fluid that bathes sperm cells. Although the amount of PSA in a man's blood usually increases with age, higher-than-normal PSA levels can be one clue that cancer has developed within the gland. However, high levels of PSA also can be found in other conditions that are noncancerous, including prostatitis (inflammation of the prostate) and benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH, (an enlargement of the prostate which affects many older men).
Convenient
All you need is a drop of fingertip blood, apply to the collection card and mail the card to the laboratory in the provided mailer.
Efficient
Automated test system provides rapid results. The test provides quick, critical information for quality education and patient care.
Accurate
The blood sample is analyzed using Tandem PSA, recognized as the most accurate measure of total prostate specific antigen (PSA)
