[Hopespringpcsg] FW: [PPML] When PSA Is 4-10, phi Test Helps With Biopsy Decision

[Glen Tolhurst]

Hi all:
See below for links to 2 articles wrt PSA testing.
Thx.
Glen

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From: Prostate Problems Mailing LIst 

"The Prostate Health Index (phi) (Beckman Coulter) significantly changes urologists' opinions about whether men with certain results on prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening should or should not undergo a prostate biopsy to assess for cancer, according to new observational research...
...Both studies show a reduction in rate of biopsy when phi is used,"

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/889371

The study was published online
<https://www.nature.com/articles/s41391-017-0008-7.pdf> November 20 in *Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases*.