Thousands of Men Warned About Faulty PSA Tests

Submitted by Minuteman on Sat, 2013-08-24 05:14

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'Thousands of men in central Pennsylvania have been told that their blood tests for prostate cancer may have been inaccurate.

Pinnacle Health of Harrisburg sent letters to 7,500 men to alert them that a faulty chemical in their prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests led to results showing higher levels of PSA than were actually present, ABC News reported.

Significantly elevated PSA levels may be a sign of prostate cancer and often lead to prostate biopsies. The faulty tests were used at Pinnacle from May 2012 to June 26, 2013.

It's likely that the Pinnacle Health patients are just the tip of the iceberg, because all lots of the "IMMULITE" PSA tests were recalled June 27 by Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics. The company shipped the faulty tests to labs from February 2012 through May 2013, ABC News reported.'

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