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The Effect of Lowering the Prostate-Specific Antigen Normal Cutoff on Referral Rates to Urology

Bennett S. Shenker and Julie Stern
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2012, 25 (6) 927-929; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2012.06.120172

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  • Table 1. Screening Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) in the Preliminary and Follow-up Time Periods, Stratified by Range and Subsequent Referrals to Urology
    PSA Range, ng/mLReferred to Urology (n)Total Screening PSA in Range (n)Percentage
    Before change*
        0.0–2.52992.0
        2.6–4.0040.0
         >4.061060.0
        Total81137.1
    After change†
        0.0–2.501700.0
        2.6–4.031618.8
        >4.041330.8
        Total71993.5

    • ↵* Abnormal PSA >4.0 ng/mL.

    • ↵† Abnormal PSA >2.5 ng/mL.

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