Sorry, had a brain fart. The second sentence should read "false negatives".
Charlie
On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 12:38 PM, Charles Geilfuss <
charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> For the most part that is true, Ken. There are rare false positives due to
> rare prostate neuroendocrine carcinomas that do not produce PSA. I've only
> seen two in 25 years of practice. The medical bean counters don't like
> screening PSA due to the quite common false positives which bring into play
> a lot of followup testing (which is expensive) to determine the cause of
> the PSA elevation. This can be caused by benign prostate enlargement,
> prostate inflammation, too much sex (just kidding) and of course prostate
> cancer.
>
> Charlie
>
> On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 11:32 AM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I thought that the PSA test would have false positives, but not false
>> negatives. If the number is zilch, you are in good shape, but if it is
>> launching fireworks, you should at least have a further check.
>>
>> But I could be wrong.
>>
>> AG
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