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It's been pointed out to me that the NHS information is at: http://www.cancerscreening.nhs.uk/prostate/informationpack.html and it is the information for patients that is at: http://www.cancerbacup.org.uk/info/psatest/psatest-1.htm Jonathan On Wednesday, October 9, 2002, at 08:51 , Jonathan Kay wrote: > The outlink we chose was: > > http://www.cancerbacup.org.uk/info/psatest/psatest-1.htm > > Jonathan > > On Tuesday, October 8, 2002, at 05:30 , Jonathan Kay wrote: > >> I saw this in a free GP magazine yesterday. Not sure this is the ideal >> way to learn about these things but by 1100 we had a hyperlink from >> our laboratory handbook to these resources. But then Christos had been >> in a meeting till 1015! >> >> Jonathan >> >> >> On Tuesday, October 8, 2002, at 05:06 , Dr S Walker wrote: >> >>> I received a letter from the DoH on 30.09.02 stating that every GP in >>> England had been sent a resource pack (on 23.09.02) to help them in >>> counselling asymptomatic men requesting serum PSA testing. They also >>> kindly supplied me with one of the resource packs. The info gives >>> empirical serum PSA cut-offs for referral to urologists and these are >>> lower than my current age-related referent ranges (particularly for >>> the 70 and overs). I contacted our urologists, radiologists and >>> histopathologists - none had been sent this info or knew about this >>> government initiative. We are not aware of ANY extra funding to >>> support the initiative either. Is anyone else? The ACB mailbase has >>> had nothing on this. Is everyone aware of this?! I've been away on >>> leave for some weeks so perhaps I missed all the debate? Is every >>> english lab changing to the stated cut-offs immediately? >>> These are:- age 50-59 PSA 3.0 ug/L or higher, age 60-69 PSA 4.0 or >>> higher and age 70 or above PSA 5.1 or higher. I guess that if you >>> are currently using a single cut-off of PSA 4.0, you and your >>> colleagues will not see an increase (maybe even see a fall) but we >>> will see potentially an increase of some 340 >>> referrals/biopsies/follow ups p.a. My own workload wont' really >>> be affected but joined up NHS and sharing of information would be >>> nice! The letter also stated that by 31.03.03 laboratories will be >>> using an assay with calibration traceable to the 1st IRP for PSA >>> andhaving equimolar recognition of both free and complexed PSA. >>> Interested to hear anyone else's views. Dr Sue Walker, Laboratory >>> Medicine, Salisbury District Hospital, UK, SP2 8BJ >>> >>> ------ACB discussion List Information-------- >>> This is an open discussion list for the academic and clinical >>> community working in clinical biochemistry. >>> Please note, archived messages are public and can be viewed >>> via the internet. Views expressed are those of the individual and >>> they are responsible for all message content. >>> >>> ACB Web Site >>> http://www.acb.org.uk >>> List Archives >>> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ACB-CLIN-CHEM-GEN.html >>> List Instructions (How to leave etc.) >>> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/ >> > ------ACB discussion List Information-------- This is an open discussion list for the academic and clinical community working in clinical biochemistry. Please note, archived messages are public and can be viewed via the internet. Views expressed are those of the individual and they are responsible for all message content. ACB Web Site http://www.acb.org.uk List Archives http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ACB-CLIN-CHEM-GEN.html List Instructions (How to leave etc.) http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/