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 ...

Prostate cancer often develops silently, leaving many unaware until it’s advanced.

Prostate cancer screening plans could be scaled back even further, despite growing calls for more testing to be rolled out.

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 ...

Genetic screening for prostate cancer can help identify inherited risks early, guide treatment decisions, and protect your family’s health. At Fred Hutch Cancer Center, we offer expert genetic ...

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 ...

Rishi Sunak has urged men to get checked for prostate cancer as part of a new screening drive. The former prime minister has ...

Landmark UK prostate cancer screening trial begins with first men tested - Trial will inform future population-wide prostate cancer screening programmes for men ...

Prostate cancer kills more than 12,000 men a year in the UK, slightly more than the number of women who die from breast cancer.

One survivor said it felt ‘as if the government are playing russian roulette’ with the lives of black men who are twice as ...

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Too often, health care providers decide that older adults may “age out” of some cancer screening tests. This might be ...