Using PSA Doubling Time to Predict Metastatic Prostate Cancer

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Nancy Dawson, MD, discusses PSA dynamics: the significance of PSA levels and PSA doubling time-the marker which currently provides the most information-and their usefulness in predicting metastatic disease and in counseling patients on their prognosis.

Nancy Dawson, MD, discusses PSA dynamics: the significance of PSA levels and PSA doubling time-the marker which currently provides the most information-and their usefulness in predicting metastatic disease and in counseling patients on their prognosis.

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