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My doctor uses PSA (protein specific antigen) tests instead of digital rectal exam of prostrate. Is this OK?


My husband (due to other rectal area problems) much prefers the PSA. Both are probably best, but I have not researched the false negative rate of the PSA. If the false negative rate is low (and this should be in medical literature) then it is probably as good or better.

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One Response to “My doctor uses PSA (protein specific antigen) tests instead of digital rectal exam of prostrate. Is this OK?”

  1. Pegasus90 Says:
    August 12th, 2009 at 5:20 am

    My husband (due to other rectal area problems) much prefers the PSA. Both are probably best, but I have not researched the false negative rate of the PSA. If the false negative rate is low (and this should be in medical literature) then it is probably as good or better.
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