Italian newspaper article about 4kscore
Dec 1, 2016 3:09:52 GMT
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November 29 - Prostate Cancer: have a new test
www.ok-salute.it/consigli/29-novembre-tumore-alla-prostata-in-arrivo-un-nuovo-test/
In November, the appointment with Movember: men participating in the initiative grow their mustaches in order to raise funds for the fight against men's cancers
It is called 4K Score and is a new test on the blood, able to reliably indicate the presence of prostate cancer and to estimate the aggressiveness. It is an innovative test that does not "supplants" (at least for now), the PSA test but broadens the diagnostic capability: the 4K Score, in fact, dosa 4 molecules of PSA (total PSA family, free PSA, intact PSA and kallikrein 2), raising the possibility of "flush" with prostate cancer.
"The data collected from this test, associated with the outcome of the digital rectal examination and the familiar evaluation for prostate cancer, detects the percentage risk of having an aggressive cancer before performing a biopsy," explains Vincent Myron, general Secretary of the Italian Society of Urology (SIU) at dell'89esimo National Congress. "The 4K Score is needed therefore to decide whether to submit or not the patient more invasive examination."
From a study conducted as part of the wider European survey on prostate cancer on over 740 men biopsied but not the PSA test, it was found that 60% of the biopsies could have been avoided by undergoing the 4K Score.
Although this test has not yet been validated for use on a large scale (for the moment is only performed in some laboratories abroad), there are good prospects that it may become, in the future, the most simple and reliable test to detect the presence of a prostate cancer, "We believe this will help overcome the limitations of the analysis of only the total PSA and identify more clearly if there is cancer. In addition, the 4K Score, by identifying patients in whom the likelihood of aggressive cancer is higher, can guide the choice whether or not to do a biopsy, managing to avoid it in most cases, with a saving of suffering and economic resources' said Myron .
Are tehere ideal "candidates" for 4K Score test? "The most suitable men are those who have never done a biopsy, have a digital rectal examination not suspicious but a consistently high PSA (of which you can not explain the origin). In addition, all those who have a negative biopsy associated with an elevated PSA and a rectal examination I type-dubious "concluded the Secretary General SIU.
November 29 - Prostate Cancer: have a new test
www.ok-salute.it/consigli/29-novembre-tumore-alla-prostata-in-arrivo-un-nuovo-test/
In November, the appointment with Movember: men participating in the initiative grow their mustaches in order to raise funds for the fight against men's cancers
It is called 4K Score and is a new test on the blood, able to reliably indicate the presence of prostate cancer and to estimate the aggressiveness. It is an innovative test that does not "supplants" (at least for now), the PSA test but broadens the diagnostic capability: the 4K Score, in fact, dosa 4 molecules of PSA (total PSA family, free PSA, intact PSA and kallikrein 2), raising the possibility of "flush" with prostate cancer.
"The data collected from this test, associated with the outcome of the digital rectal examination and the familiar evaluation for prostate cancer, detects the percentage risk of having an aggressive cancer before performing a biopsy," explains Vincent Myron, general Secretary of the Italian Society of Urology (SIU) at dell'89esimo National Congress. "The 4K Score is needed therefore to decide whether to submit or not the patient more invasive examination."
From a study conducted as part of the wider European survey on prostate cancer on over 740 men biopsied but not the PSA test, it was found that 60% of the biopsies could have been avoided by undergoing the 4K Score.
Although this test has not yet been validated for use on a large scale (for the moment is only performed in some laboratories abroad), there are good prospects that it may become, in the future, the most simple and reliable test to detect the presence of a prostate cancer, "We believe this will help overcome the limitations of the analysis of only the total PSA and identify more clearly if there is cancer. In addition, the 4K Score, by identifying patients in whom the likelihood of aggressive cancer is higher, can guide the choice whether or not to do a biopsy, managing to avoid it in most cases, with a saving of suffering and economic resources' said Myron .
Are tehere ideal "candidates" for 4K Score test? "The most suitable men are those who have never done a biopsy, have a digital rectal examination not suspicious but a consistently high PSA (of which you can not explain the origin). In addition, all those who have a negative biopsy associated with an elevated PSA and a rectal examination I type-dubious "concluded the Secretary General SIU.