Questions and Answers

Is the PCA3 test affected by the presence of a urinary tract infection?

Answer by the PCA3 Editorial Board
Prof. Jack Schalken
25/11/2010

There is very limited data on the effect of a urinary tract infection on the performance of the Prostate CAncer gene 3 (PCA3) test. However, there is currently no evidence that the PCA3 test is affected by the presence of a urinary tract infection.