Prostate cancer screening saves many more lives than earlier studies suggested, research shows. The results from the longest-running European trial show one life saved for every six men diagnosed, a ...

A scan that makes prostate cancer cells “glow” could halve the number of men needing invasive biopsies, research suggests.

PSA stands for prostate-specific antigen, a substance naturally produced in prostate tissue. A small amount of PSA regularly sneaks into the bloodstream, and low blood concentration is considered ...

News that former President Joseph Biden has advanced prostate cancer has revived long-standing questions about the benefits versus the harms of a blood test that screens for the most commonly ...

New prostate cancer guidelines say older men don't need to be tested. Aug. 4, 2008— -- An independent panel of experts today recommended against prostate cancer screenings for men older than 74 ...

Most primary care clinicians do not see value in screening Black men for prostate cancer, despite recommendations to do so from the American Cancer Society (ACS) and the American Urological ...

PSA levels can be elevated for reasons other than cancer, such as an enlarged or inflamed prostate. False positive and false negative PSA test results are possible. The American Cancer Society does ...