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A New Technique for Treating Low-risk Prostate Cancer—Super Active Surveillance
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Why Look Further When the Solution Is in Front of You - or Is It? The Value of Confirmatory PSA in Prostate Cancer
Antti S Rannikko1, Tuomas P Kilpeläinen2, Anssi Auvinen3
1Department of Urology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland; Research Program in Systems Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; iCAN-Digital Precision Cancer Medicine Flagship, Helsinki, Finland.
Abstract:
Confirmatory prostate-specific antigen measurement reclassifies many younger men below the biopsy threshold, offering a simple, low-cost way to reduce magnetic resonance imaging and biopsy. For most, reclassification means deferral rather than exclusion, and follow-up remains insufficient to rule out missed clinically significant cancers."
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