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Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, and four other institutions ...
There is no current national screening programme for prostate cancer; the committee that decides these things is looking into ...
The prostate health index (PHI) is a newer blood test that more accurately assesses your risk of prostate cancer than the ...
More than one million American men may have been unnecessarily diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer since widespread use of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test began in 1987, a new ...
Typically, when PSA levels are high, additional testing is done, which could include a digital rectal exam, more lab work or ...
Researchers have developed a new urine-based test that addresses a major problem in prostate cancer: how to separate the slow-growing form of the disease unlikely to cause harm from more aggressive ...
(WXYZ) — In today’s Health Alert, new research shows that an easy blood test could help doctors decide on the best way to treat patients with advanced prostate ...
May 19, 2025 – The aggressive prostate cancer found in former President Joe Biden raised questions for millions of men. Here's what you need to know – and how to check your risk. 1. Biden's Gleason ...
A PSA test measures the level of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), a protein that your prostate gland produces, in a sample of your blood. PSA levels can increase due to prostate cancer or other ...
This year, more than 13,000 Pennsylvanians will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and nearly 1,500 will die from it. Proposed ...
The Stockholm3 blood test is equally effective at detecting prostate cancer in different ethnic groups, a new paper reports. The test produces significantly better results than the current PSA ...
Transgender women on hormone therapy tend to skew artificially low on prostate cancer screening tests, which may give false reassurance and delay diagnosis and treatment, reports a new study led by UC ...