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Prostate Cancer • March 9, 2022, 5:08 a.m.

New risk algorithm would improve screening for prostate cancer

Researchers developed an algorithm estimating a person's risk of developing prostate cancer based on age and the levels of two prostate cancer markers, PSA and hK2 (human kalliknein peptidase). They found that, by setting a risk threshold above which men are counted as 'screen positive', the approach would reduce the number of false positives by three quarters compared to a standard PSA test, while catching the same proportion of cancers.

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