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Ontario Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA)
Clinical Guidelines

Objectives

Information for Physicians on the New Clinical Guidelines in Ontario
For Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Testing

The purpose of this booklet is to inform physicians about the new Ontario Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Clinical Guidelines for Testing released in September 1997. An expert panel of specialists from laboratory medicine, oncology, urology, family medicine and radiology, as well as prostate cancer survivors, participated in developing guidelines for the use of the PSA test in four areas:

  1. Screening
    - using the PSA test for the early detection of prostate cancer in asymptomatic men;

  2. Diagnosis/Investigation
    - using the PSA test in combination with Digital Rectal Examination in patients in whom prostate cancer is suspected;

  3. Monitoring
    - using the PSA test to monitor patients with prostate cancer; and,

  4. Laboratory Quality Assessment for PSA Testing
    - standardizing assay of PSA so that determinations are reliable and useful.

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