Elevated PSA?

Are your concerns grounded?

An elevated PSA score is often triggered by conditions other than progressing cancerCancer that is progressing at a fast rate and is life-threatening.. Soar helps your doctor determine the real cause of your elevated PSA.

Most of the time, fears of prostate cancerUncontrolled growth of the cells of the prostate. are not grounded. Consider these facts:

In the U.S., roughly three out of four prostateA donut-shaped gland the size and shape of a walnut that surrounds the upper portion of the male urethra. Its main function is to produce part of the fluid that makes up semen. biopsies do not find cancer. Many biopsies that do detect cancer find small, slow-growing cancers that may not warrant treatment or even detection.
PSA scores rise for most men as they age because their prostates enlarge due to a condition known as BPH.
Sharp sudden increases in PSA are usually caused by prostatitisProstatitis is an inflammation or infection of the prostate common for men under the age of 50. It can be a temporary (acute) or long-lasting (chronic) condition. Symptoms include urinary frequency, burning or painful urination, lower-back pain or pain in the genital area, and a decreased desire for sex. Sometimes it is caused by a bacterial infection, but in the great majority of the cases the cause is not understood..

Soar uses these facts to help you and your doctor make rational decisions.

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Think twice before you get biopsied

Fear of cancer often leads to an invasive biopsyA test done to determine the presence of cancer by removing small samples of tissue from an individual’s organ to examine them under a microscope., which can cause many undesirable consequences. Soar helps your doctor avoid unwarranted biopsies by calculating your most probable conditions and then recommending tests for them that are often much simpler, easier and less costly than a biopsy.

If prostate cancerUncontrolled growth of the cells of the prostate. is not the most likely cause of your elevated PSA, you should pause before you biopsy.
Biopsies are invasive, sometimes painful (blood can appear in urine and semen for weeks or even months), as well as costly and time-consuming.
Roughly 40% of men aged 50 and 70% of men aged 70 run significant risk of discovering non-aggressive cancer, which can trigger unwarranted psychological fears, external pressures for treatment, the risk of severe side effects including impotence and incontinence, higher insurance premiums, and potential barriers to future life and health insurance coverage.

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Get access to the best practices

While top medical centers have developed best practices to reduce unwarranted biopsies, these are not practiced by all doctors. Every doctor should be able to offer you these best practices.

The American Urology Association and leading urology departments use other information (such as digital rectal exams, follow-up tests, Free PSAA protein produced by the prostate that circulates freely in the blood, in contrast to PSA, which is bound to blood proteins. Taken together, both PSA and Free PSA measurements give a more accurate picture of a patient’s risk for prostate cancer than PSA alone. tests, tests for other prostate conditions, etc.) to help determine the cause of an elevated PSA score before resorting to a biopsyA test done to determine the presence of cancer by removing small samples of tissue from an individual’s organ to examine them under a microscope.. The websites for the University of California, San Francisco, Johns Hopkins, The Mayo Clinic and other leading institutions openly publish these practices. Now they are available for personalized use via Soar Dynamic Screening.

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Using Soar with your doctor

Rather than travel to a top medical center, Soar helps your doctor provide you best practices at your convenience. The web-based Soar Dynamic Screening service helps your doctor conduct a “medical detective process” to determine the cause of your elevated PSA.

“House,” the Fox TV show, features Dr. Gregory House and his team using a white board to track their process of elimination - something doctors call a differential diagnosis. In a differential diagnosis possible causes of the symptoms are listed, and eliminated through testing.

With the support of Soar Dynamic Screening, your doctor can perform this same type of medical detective process to determine the primary cause of your elevated PSA.

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