Get Your Prostate Screening: SL Trib

Prostate cancer is the most prevalent cancer in American men. As covered in a recent Salt Lake Tribune article, Utah urologists—including Intermountain Urological Institute Director Jay Bishoff, MD—hope that men will not fall behind on regular prostate cancer screenings. 

The PSA, or Prostate Specific Antigen test, isn't a perfect screening tool, and doctors need to use it wisely. However, as Dr. Bishoff points out in the Salt Lake Tribune article, "It seems inappropriate, if not cruel, to completely abandon the PSA when we don’t have a replacement for it."

PSA tests measure elevated levels of the blood's PSA protein. Elevated levels can indicate benign prostate enlargement, an infection, or the presence of cancer cells.

• Read the Salt Lake Tribune article, "Utah urologists: Get that prostate cancer screening"