Is there a correlation between the age of the diagnosed prostate cancer patient and initial PSA result and final staging

Principal Investigator

Name
Alistair Wright

Degrees
MB ChB

Institution
Open University

Position Title
Student

Email
w3420@aol.com

About this CDAS Project

Study
PLCO (Learn more about this study)

Project ID
PLCO-1482

Initial CDAS Request Approval
Feb 26, 2024

Title
Is there a correlation between the age of the diagnosed prostate cancer patient and initial PSA result and final staging

Summary
Data analysis project to determine if there is a correlation between the Age of the prostate cancer patient and the initial PSA result and final staging.

Some physicians feel prostate cancer when diagnosed in younger patient is a more aggresive cancer.

Unable to find any study whic confirms or denies this.

Aims

Determine if there is a correlation between the Age of the prostate cancer patient and the initial PSA result and final staging.

Collaborators

none