Prostate-specific antigen test in Brazilian indigenous: a cross-sectional study

We estimated the prevalence of screening for prostate cancer in indigenous people Brazil. also studied how ethnicity, age, social conditions, lifestyle, and history sexually transmitted infections are associated with altered prostate-specific antigen (PSA) values. This is a cross-sectional study people, ≥ 40 years old, from Dourados reserve, Mato Grosso do Sul, The patients underwent total PSA rapid tests syphilis, HIV, hepatitis B C. values were compared sociodemographic presence urological symptoms, clinical data on infections, family cancer. Out 498 men invited to participate study, 31.53% (157/498) old included. mean (±SD) age was 54.75 (±11.23) years, 78.3% (123/157; 95% CI: 0.71–0.84) population never any preventive examination value 0.081 ng/mL 157 participants, 4.4% (7/157) had > 2.5 1.9% (3/157) 4 ng/mL. Rapid STIs showed that 5.73% (9/157) participants syphilis 0.64% (1/157) Hepatitis C virus infection. results most cancer, an exam result. Future studies should assess factors hinder adherence screening, as well existence pathophysiological correlation between occurrence STIs.