Evaluation of PSA requests in men under 40 years of age

Araújo, Fernando Antônio Glasner da Rocha; Bittencourt, Luana A; Sumita, Nairo Massakazu; Barroso, Ubirajara

doi:10.5935/1676-2444.20200021

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“…Higher education presupposes greater knowledge of diseases, such as PCa, which could lead to a greater probability of carrying out screening, as well as maintaining other practices related to self-care (Nair-Shalliker et al, 2018). The Brazilian Ministry of Health and INCA do not recommend PSA screening in the public network, (Araújo et al, 2020) and the number of PSA screening is higher in private clinics than in public clinics (Nardi et al, 2012). This could be a factor that reflects the low screening of PSA in the studied population…”

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Prostate-specific antigen test in Brazilian indigenous: a cross-sectional study

Brito

Marques

Silva³

et al. 2023

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We estimated the prevalence of screening for prostate cancer in indigenous people in Brazil. We also studied how ethnicity, age, social conditions, lifestyle, and history of sexually transmitted infections are associated with altered prostate-specific antigen (PSA) values. This is a cross-sectional study with indigenous people, ≥ 40 years old, from Dourados reserve, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. The patients underwent total PSA and rapid tests for syphilis, HIV, and hepatitis B and C. PSA values were compared with sociodemographic conditions, presence of urological symptoms, clinical data on sexually transmitted infections, lifestyle, and family history of cancer. Out of the 498 men invited to participate in the study, 31.53% (157/498) were ≥ 40 years old and were included. The mean (±SD) age was 54.75 (±11.23) years, and 78.3% (123/157; 95% CI: 0.71–0.84) of the population never underwent any preventive examination for prostate cancer. The mean PSA value was 0.081 ng/mL for the 157 participants, and 4.4% (7/157) had > 2.5 ng/mL and 1.9% (3/157) had values ≥ 4 ng/mL. Rapid tests for STIs showed that 5.73% (9/157) of the participants had syphilis and 0.64% (1/157) had HIV, and Hepatitis B and C virus infection. The results showed that most indigenous people ≥ 40 years never underwent any preventive examination for prostate cancer, and 4.4% had an altered PSA exam result. Future studies should assess the factors that hinder adherence to prostate cancer screening, as well as the existence of a pathophysiological correlation between the occurrence of prostate cancer and STIs.

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