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Thread #84216   Message #1554621
Posted By: Mr Red
02-Sep-05 - 07:49 AM
Thread Name: BS: Prostate cancer
Subject: RE: BS: Prostate cancer
FWIW
PSA blood test was originally about 60/70% reliable, however they found that abstaining from sex for 24 hours prior improves the figure to 85%.

There is a better test (alleged by patentees) that compares the ratio of the two types of antigen (they claim). reliability of 95% is claimed. I am not sure how commonly available this test is. Reported in New Scientist 1 - 2 years ago.

The PSA test is not at it's best used on it's own. It is an indicator.