THIS YEAR, IT’S estimated that nearly 300,000 new prostate cancer cases will be diagnosed. While there’s no single test to detect prostate cancer, doctors commonly use the prostate-specific antigen ...

A new long-term prediction tool estimates the risk of dying from prostate cancer, offering a more accurate way to interpret ...

Medicare covers one annual prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test for people with prostates if they meet the eligibility guidelines and the test is medically necessary. Medicare typically covers one ...

Research from the University of Cambridge may be able to start a national screening programme for the common cancer ...

To help meet the potentially complex needs of patients after prostate cancer treatment and offer the precision and care ...

A new at-home spit test for prostate cancer may be better than current blood tests, a new study shows. The simple saliva test has been developed by experts and works by analysing genetic variants in a ...

Mr. Green, a 50-something businessman was asking a question I find myself answering on a surprisingly regular basis: “So, my ...

Rates of prostate cancer in the United States dropped by 53% from 1992, when prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing was widely used, to 2013, the latest year for which data are available. The finding ...

A new at-home saliva test could help identify men with a high risk of prostate cancer more accurately than blood tests, leading to earlier diagnosis and more successful treatment. Prostate cancer is ...

“For localised prostate cancer, treatment options include surgery or radiotherapy. Both give equivalent cure rates,” Dr Komen ...

JAMES Wylie felt perfectly well – until a routine blood test sounded the alarm and revealed a cancer that could have killed ...