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 ...

Just when society is beginning to get to grips with one of the main killers of men in the UK, prostate cancer, along comes an ...

The NHS will not be automatically inviting all men above a certain age to check for prostate cancer, unlike the approach for some other cancers. The UK National Screening Committee has suggested that ...

While many people are familiar with mammograms and smear tests, prostate screening is talked about far less. Ahead of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in March, Mr Wissam Abou-Chedid, consultant ...

Australian scientists say it could also help reduce the risk of overdiagnosis by determining which cancers are low-risk and will never cause harm. The post New state-of-the-art test identifies ...

A federal panel’s controversial recommendation that healthy men older than 50 avoid a PSA-based prostate screening test is drawing scorn from some doctors. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an ...

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, ...

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 ...

The campaign for better prostate cancer awareness has provoked important questions about the lack of testing and screening. Why are men dying unnecessarily?

Foley, was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer in October. She owed her diagnosis to a secondary screening, similar to an ultrasound, biopsy or other diagnostic test. Now, ...

Prostate cancer affects one in five Australian men, making it the most common cancer in the country. Now, researchers at the ...