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The prostate specific antigen is often used as a biological marker or a tumor marker for detecting prostate cancer. However elevated levels of PSA are not indicative of prostate cancer and additional investigations are required for further diagnosis. There are several factors that may be responsible for elevated levels of PSA in the blood, 1  Benign Enlargement of the Prostate or BPH is a condition which affects older men.
Although this protein is exclusively made by the prostate, the fact that it is elevated does not always mean that the patient has prostate cancer. Conditions other than prostate cancer may be associated with an elevation of the PSA. Some of the more common conditions are prostatitis (an infection and/or inflammation of the prostate) and BPH. Please provide your email address and password to access your account.