{"id":346,"date":"2014-11-03T05:59:57","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T05:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/prostate-cancer\/?page_id=346"},"modified":"2018-08-13T01:51:52","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T01:51:52","slug":"4kscore-makes-risk-for-prostate-cancer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/prostate-cancer\/4kscore\/4kscore-makes-risk-for-prostate-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"4KScore Clarifies the Meaning of PSA and Risk for Prostate Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"

4KScore Makes it Simple to Understand Your Chances of Having High-Risk Prostate Cancer<\/strong><\/h1>\n

by Alex Shteynshlyuger MD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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If you have any questions, to schedule a consultation<\/a> or if you need a second opinion<\/a>, please <\/a>contact us<\/a> or call: 646-663-5515<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Elevated PSA: What to Do?<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

\"4KScoreSlight elevation of PSA is a common clinical challenge.  PSA tends to fluctuate quite a bit over a short period of time and between different readings.  Whether it is caused by prostate cancer, prostatitis or many other causes is often difficult to tell.<\/p>\n

Elevated PSA always causes a significant amount of anxiety and worry both for the patient in the treating urologist.     Prostate biopsies are recommended reluctantly in many cases.<\/p>\n

The actual question is usually whether or not there is a high risk prostate cancer that can lead to morbidity, metastatic disease and death.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

4KScore is currently the best available test for men with a mild-to-moderate elevation of PSA from its baseline to predict the chances of having high-risk prostate cancer.  This obviously helps to decide whether or not to recommend a prostate biopsy and whether a prostate biopsy can be avoided with a reasonable risk.<\/p>\n

A sample 4KScore test result shown below made it fairly easy to decide that for someone who has a 36% risk of having high-grade prostate cancer a prostate biopsy was advised.  Please note that 36% risk of high-grade prostate cancer implies that the overall risk of prostate cancer, low-grade and high-grade, is significantly higher.<\/p>\n

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4KScore Simplifies Risk Stratification of Men with Elevated PSA. Predicts Risk for Aggressive Prostate Cancer.<\/p><\/div>\n

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If you have any questions, to schedule a consultation<\/a> or if you need a second opinion<\/a>, please <\/a>contact us<\/a> or call: 646-663-5515<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

We offer affordable, highest-quality urology care.  We offer weekday, weekend, and evening office hours. <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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4KScore Makes it Simple to Understand Your Chances of Having High-Risk Prostate Cancer by Alex Shteynshlyuger MD If you have any questions, to schedule a consultation or if you need a second opinion, please contact us or call: 646-663-5515 Elevated PSA: What to Do? Slight elevation of PSA is a common clinical challenge.  PSA tends to fluctuate quite a bit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":311,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-346","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n4KScore Clarifies the Meaning of PSA and Risk for Prostate Cancer - Prostate Cancer Specialists in NYC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/prostate-cancer\/4kscore\/4kscore-makes-risk-for-prostate-cancer\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/prostate-cancer\/4kscore\/4kscore-makes-risk-for-prostate-cancer\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/prostate-cancer\/4kscore\/4kscore-makes-risk-for-prostate-cancer\/\",\"name\":\"4KScore Clarifies the Meaning of PSA and Risk for Prostate Cancer - Prostate Cancer Specialists in NYC\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/prostate-cancer\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/prostate-cancer\/4kscore\/4kscore-makes-risk-for-prostate-cancer\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/prostate-cancer\/4kscore\/4kscore-makes-risk-for-prostate-cancer\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/prostate-cancer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/04\/shutterstock_126693335-300x200.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-11-03T05:59:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-08-13T01:51:52+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/prostate-cancer\/4kscore\/4kscore-makes-risk-for-prostate-cancer\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/prostate-cancer\/4kscore\/4kscore-makes-risk-for-prostate-cancer\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/prostate-cancer\/4kscore\/4kscore-makes-risk-for-prostate-cancer\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/prostate-cancer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/04\/shutterstock_126693335.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/prostate-cancer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2014\/04\/shutterstock_126693335.jpg\",\"width\":500,\"height\":334},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/prostate-cancer\/4kscore\/4kscore-makes-risk-for-prostate-cancer\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/prostate-cancer\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"4K Score Test for Men with Elevated PSA\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/prostate-cancer\/4kscore\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"4KScore Clarifies the Meaning of PSA and Risk for Prostate Cancer\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/prostate-cancer\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.newyorkurologyspecialists.com\/prostate-cancer\/\",\"name\":\"Prostate Cancer Specialists in NYC\",\"description\":\"Better Science. 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