The trends in prostate specific antigen usage amongst United Kingdom urologists--a questionnaire based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Worldwide, the use of prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing as a screen for prostate cancer is contentious. Whilst there is no National UK Screening programme, many men undergo opportunistic screening. This study investigates UK urologist's usage of PSA and the awareness surrounding the Department of Health (DoH) PSA guidelines.

Methods

Urologists were sent a questionnaire regarding PSA cut-off values.

Results

Of the 733 urologists eligible to participate in this study 346 returned completed questionnaires giving a response rate of 47%. The most commonly generally used age-related PSA cut-off values (36% of respondents) are--3.5 ng/ml for 50 - 59 year olds, 4.5 ng/ml for 60 - 69 year olds and 6.5 ng/ml for over 70 year olds. Two-thirds (58%, 200/346) of r

SUBMITTER: Burden HP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2606676 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature