What is your opinion of the PCA3 test for prostate cancer?

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StevenTuckerMD (Physician - Oncology - Hematology/Oncology (Verified) ) - 04 / 01 / 2012

It is better than the PSA test but it is not very good. We do not have a reliable or useful test for prostate cancer screening at this time.
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