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When following active surveillance paradigm, what PSA increase will trigger prostate biopsy?

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Radiation Oncology · Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center

When using PSA to aid in the decision to re-biopsy a patient on active surveillance, I think you have to consider that the non-malignant prostate tissue also contributes to the rise in the PSA and that there are limits to the accuracy of the test. In patients not known to have prostate cancer, a PSA...

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