Going into the ceremony (which airs at 8:30 p.m. ET on ABC), Martin Scorseseâs Howard Hughes film bio, The Aviator, leads the race with 11 nominations, though most bets are on Clint Eastwoodâs somber boxing drama Million Dollar Baby to win the lionâs share of Oscar gold.
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.
Prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, is a protein produced by cells of the prostate gland. The PSA test measures the level of PSA in a manâs blood.For this test, a blood sample is sent to a laboratory for analysis. The results are usually reported as nanograms of PSA per milliliter (ng/mL) of blood.n addition to prostate cancer, a number of benign (not cancerous) conditions can cause a manâs PSA level to rise. The most frequent benign prostate conditions that cause an elevation in PSA level are prostatitis (inflammation of the prostate) and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) (enlargement of the prostate).