Does prostatitis cause prostate cancer or infertility? Does it affect mental function? Or cause bowel disturbance?
This group will host discussions about how prostatitis may interact with and cause dysfunction with other illnesses, such as prostate cancer, and/or organ systems other than urinary and sexual, such as psychological and bowel.
Acute prostatitis can cause elevations of serum PSA, a test associated with prostate cancer diagnosis, which is often reversible with antibiotic treatment. By contrast, chronic prostatitis often shows no elevation of PSA.
A new study examines the effects of chronic prostatitis on PCA-3, another test associated with prostate cancer diagnosis. It finds that chronic prostatitis has no effect on it.
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Does prostatitis cause prostate cancer or infertility? Does it affect mental function? Or cause bowel disturbance?
This group will host discussions about how prostatitis may interact with and cause dysfunction with other illnesses, such as prostate cancer, and/or organ systems other than urinary and sexual, such as psychological and bowel.
Chronic Prostatitis, PCA3, and Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
by Arnon Krongrad, MD
Dec 11, 2011
Acute prostatitis can cause elevations of serum PSA, a test associated with prostate cancer diagnosis, which is often reversible with antibiotic treatment. By contrast, chronic prostatitis often shows no elevation of PSA.
A new study examines the effects of chronic prostatitis on PCA-3, another test associated with prostate cancer diagnosis. It finds that chronic prostatitis has no effect on it.
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