There are a number of tests which may be carried out to determine if you may have prostate cancer, depending on your symptoms. These tests are listed below.
If you have symptoms you will probably be offered a digital rectal examination (DRE) and a blood test for prostate specific antigen (PSA). If these suggest that you may have a risk of prostate cancer, you will probably be offered a trans-rectal ultrasound (TRUS) guided prostate biopsy.
If your PSA is very high, your doctor may decide that rather than giving you a biopsy, they will offer you a bone scan and treat you on the basis of this result and your PSA. Although the combination of a DRE and a PSA test will pick up most tumours that are likely to cause any harm, no test is 100% accurate.
Below is a list of the main tests that may be carried out, although not all tests may be undertaken, depending on the person’s situation. In addition, some of the tests for BPH such as a urine flow study may be carried out or have been carried out to initially rule this disease in or out.
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