Discover a study showing how repeating elevated PSA tests can prevent unnecessary procedures, while persistent elevations ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most older men with prostate cancer found by prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests and biopsies opted for treatment in a new study - even if signs pointed to their disease ...
The PSA test is often paired with a digital rectal exam (DRE), where a doctor inserts their finger into the rectum to feel ...
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A Simple Urine Test Detects Prostate Cancer with Remarkable Accuracy
Scientists use a metric called “area under the curve” or AUC to assess how well the test performed. An AUC of 1 is a perfect ...
Men’s Health Month brings reminders of the importance of screening for health conditions that can profoundly impact our lives. All men between 50 and 70 years of age used to be advised to have a PSA ...
American researchers have developed a urine test showing promise in prostate cancer detection, potentially reducing the need for painful biopsies. The test identifies three biomarkers—TTC3, H4C5, and ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 53-year-old healthy male, and I always request to check my PSA levels each year. My 57-year-old brother’s new doctor denied his request for a routine PSA check on their initial ...
Q: If my doctor won’t order a PSA or other screening test, can I pay for it myself? We are always told about the importance of early detection. So why aren’t screening tests recommended for seniors? I ...
A urine test could have avoided one third of unnecessary prostate cancer biopsies while failing to detect only a small number of cancers, according to a validation study that included more than 1,500 ...
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