I am a 71 yr old male, PSA was 2.7 (doubled in one year) I have been on Avodart for 9 months, and I had a biopsy on the prostate, 10 were benign and 2 were High grade pin.
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I live in Norther Indiana, is the EPCA-2 BLOOD TEST AVAILABLE TO ME?
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- 20 Aug 2009 by dlt1938
- Topics:
- avodart, benign prostatic hyperplasia (bph)
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suzanne6627 Aug 2009
From my research It does not look as though it is available yet.
See http://prostatecancerinfolink.net/2009/06/23/is-epca-2-the-marker-we-have-been-looking-for/
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