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UCLA Developing More Accurate PSA Test
Prostate Cancer Screening Test Improvement
UCLA Researchers Developing More Accurate PSA Test
Denise Dador, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers are close to perfecting a prostate cancer screening test that could save lives, time and worry.
Researcher Shirley Lomeli feels especially passionate about this project. Her father died from prostate cancer two years ago. Lomeli says a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, which has been around for 27 years, did not tell doctors what they needed to know. "It was elevated but not high enough for the doctor to say you need to get biopsied," she said. So by time doctors took action for Lomeli's father, it was too late. Now Lomeli, along with her mentor Dr. Gang Zeng, is working on the A-PSA test. "This new test looks for six antibodies that the body creates to fight cancer plus the PSA, so it's much more accurate." The next step is to create specific tests more sensitive to high risk groups such as African-American men. Lomeli says it looks promising. "This would not fix what happened to my dad, but I almost feel like I'm doing whatever I can," she said. "Hopefully this can save many people."
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