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Prostate Cancer Screening |
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NFL Hall of Famer Michael Haynes talks about how prostate cancer screening saved his life.
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Learn More About Prostate Cancer Screening
- Digital rectal exam - the doctor inserts a gloved finger into your rectum to feel your prostate gland. Some prostate tumors can be found this way.
- Urine test - some of your urine is sent to a lab and checked for blood, infection, or abnormal cells.
- PSA test - measures the levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in your blood. A higher level of PSA may be a sign of an enlargement, infection, or cancer of the prostate.
- AUA symptom score.- a series of questions from the American Urological Association (AUA) that measures how bad your urinating problems are. Sometimes these problems are caused by prostate cancer that is blocking your urine flow.
- Urine-flow rate test. This test measures your urine and how fast it comes out. Sometimes a low flow rate is caused by prostate cancer.
Urologic Cancer Unit
Moores UCSD Cancer Center
3855 Health Sciences Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093
(866) 773-2703 |