Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in Australia, with about 26,000 men diagnosed per year. The majority (more than 85%) are aged over 60. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech ...
Ernie Strauss and Ronald Wakefield, who met through the patient navigation program of Northside Hospital, have built a ...
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 ...
The Urology Care Foundation and the Prostate Cancer Foundation have created a new educational guide on genetic tests to guide ...
Decision making is evidence based and must be shielded from lobbying The NHS draft recommendation against routine prostate ...
(WSVN) - NBA Hall of Famer and Miami Heat legend Alonzo Mourning conquered cancer after a life-saving procedure. Now, he’s opening up about the importance of getting tested. “I was devastated. I ...
The latest edition of an annual report finds new cases continue to rise and outcomes have worsened for some cancers.
Doctors are warning men not to wait for symptoms before testing for prostate cancer, a disease that is becoming more common with age but is highly treatable if caught early. The prostate is located ...
A prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test is a blood test that measures a protein released in the blood by prostate cells. Both normal and cancerous prostate cells release the protein. Most of the time, ...
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, ...
Current prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing “may not effectively target testing to those most likely to benefit, raising concerns about overtesting” warn researchers from the University of Oxford ...