How to Use prostate-specific antigen in a Sentence

prostate-specific antigen

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  • The blood and prostate-specific antigen tests are acceptable as long as they are done in the same hospital or lab.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The first step for many men is a PSA test, a blood test that measures prostate-specific antigen.
    — Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The ratio is even worse for PSA (prostate-specific antigen) tests for prostate cancer in men.
    — John Horgan, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2021
  • These tests measure prostate-specific antigen, a protein produced by both normal and malignant cells from the prostate gland.
    — Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 14 May 2025
  • Right now, the main way to get screened is to have a blood sample tested for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) markers.
    — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The new research has reignited debate over screening for prostate cancer through prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests.
    — Washington Post, 23 May 2018
  • Cameron underwent a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test earlier this year.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
  • One screening test involves a blood test that measures level of prostate-specific antigens (PSA), which are proteins made by cells in the prostate gland.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 19 May 2025
  • PSAs, or prostate-specific antigens, are cancer biomarkers used to detect cancer through the blood; high levels could mean the presence of cancer cells.
    — Talis Shelbourne, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Their tumors were more likely to shrink, their prostate-specific antigen levels were more likely to fall, and the risk of their cancer progressing was reduced by 60 percent.
    — New York Times, 24 June 2021
  • Biochemical tests revealed high levels of prostate-specific antigen, or PSA.
    — George Johnson, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2013
  • Though blood tests known as prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests are now the standard for screening, many men still associate prostate cancer exams with rectal exams.
    — Robin Cole, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2024
  • At the time, he was being treated for diverticulitis when his doctor ordered a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026
  • Miller, 76, wrote that his levels are down for akaline phosphates, which can indicate problems in the bones or liver, as well as of prostate-specific antigens, which indicate prostate cancer levels.
    — Pamela Wood, baltimoresun.com, 10 June 2019
  • The public summary of his visit listed several tests doctors performed, but not a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test.
    — Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 19 May 2025
  • Consequently, more than half of those men with an elevated prostate-specific antigen do not actually have cancer, according to Hoffman.
    — Mark Lieber, CNN, 8 May 2018
  • But in accordance with medical guidelines for seniors, none of the check ups included a PSA test that measures the prostate-specific antigen to screen for prostate cancer.
    — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 21 May 2025
  • One is the 4Kscore test that combines the levels of four prostate-specific antigens with clinical information to estimate a man’s risk of having an aggressive cancer.
    — New York Times, 24 Feb. 2020
  • Given the threat, older men have been routinely undergoing prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, screening to detect the disease.
    — Peter Loftus, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2018
  • The nation’s leading nonprofit funder of prostate cancer research is urging men to take a simple step that could save their lives–getting the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test.
    — Essence, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The rise in cases of deadly prostate cancer may be partly linked to recommendations against prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, screening for healthy men, experts suggest.
    — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Scientists and urologists have found that Selenium contributes to lowering prostate-specific antigen levels in men, which is a superb way to reduce prostate cancer risk to some extent.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Tyler said his cancer was first detected during a routine physical exam at age 56, when his doctor ordered a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test.
    — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 21 June 2021
  • Critics have also questioned O’Connor’s decision not to require Biden to receive a prostate-specific antigen blood test that is commonly used to help diagnose prostate cancer.
    — Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 22 May 2025
  • Al's diagnosis came about after a routine physical yielded an elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in his bloodwork.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 7 Nov. 2020
  • Nevertheless, the new data immediately reignited long-running arguments over the use of screening through prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, tests.
    — Laurie McGinley, BostonGlobe.com, 22 May 2018
  • However, in Biden’s case, further testing — likely including a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test, imaging and biopsy — confirmed prostate cancer.
    — Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
  • The blood test, called Stockholm3, is showing promise in clinical trials, beating out the traditional, standard prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026
  • That may be because many doctors pulled back on using the controversial prostate-specific antigen test, or PSA, which can spot the disease but can lead to over-treatment of men who may never have died from their tumors, Siegel said.
    — Robert Langreth, Bloomberg.com, 5 May 2020
  • Within six months, his prostate-specific antigen, the protein secreted by cancer cells that oncologists use to measure a patient’s cancer, went down to zero, his bone lesions mostly disappeared, and Olson started to feel like his old self again.
    — Sarah Elizabeth Richards, Wired, 19 Nov. 2020

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