It’s important to follow guidance on prostate-specific antigen screening that maximizes benefits and minimizes potential harms such as overdiagnosis and overtreatment.

Decades ago, doctors created a test to determine which breast cancer patients should receive hormone therapy. Now, researchers are using the same tactics to advance prostate cancer treatment. A recent ...

The study's testing accurately identified prostate cancer 91% of the time and accurately ruled out men without prostate cancer 84% of the time. A urine-based biomarker panel may be a promising, ...

National guidelines on prostate cancer screening with the PSA test are set by the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). This independent panel of experts in preventive and primary care ...

Researchers identified three biomarkers that robustly detected the presence of prostate cancer Prostate biopsies after abnormal PSA blood test results are often negative and can result in unintended ...

To check for possible prostate cancer, physicians most often use prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests and digital rectal exams (DREs). For a firm diagnosis, they use core needle biopsies. This page ...

After much deliberation, a government advisory committee announced on Friday afternoon that it will not be recommending population-wide prostate cancer screening in the UK. The UK National Screening ...

Scientists are reporting a test which can predict which patients are most at risk from aggressive prostate cancer, and whether they suffer an increased chance of treatment failure. This test, reported ...

Data from Vista Health, a leading UK provider of private diagnostic services, has revealed the worrying knowledge gap when it comes to the prostate, as 26 percent of men do not know what their ...

FORMER PRESIDENT JOSEPH R. Biden has been diagnosed with Stage 4 prostate cancer, his office announced The cancer has spread to his bones, as it commonly does in more aggressive forms. It is generally ...