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 ...

Former President Joe Biden’s diagnosis of what his office called an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer on Sunday, May 18, is calling attention to a disease that is diagnosed in hundreds of thousands ...

In the month of October, many organizations use the color pink to raise awareness for breast cancer. Women are encouraged to do regular home exams and to attend their annual mammograms. For men, ...

A leading doctor has answered several common questions about prostate cancer in an effort to separate facts from fiction. His ...

National guidelines on prostate cancer screening with the PSA test are set by the US Preventive Services Task Force. Marc B. Garnick, the Gorman Brothers Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical ...

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, ...

It’s among the most common cancers affecting older men. But a diagnosis today isn’t always what it seems. By David Dodge An estimated one in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their ...

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, ...

A remarkable scientific advancement could transform how prostate cancer is detected in men around the world. Researchers have developed a groundbreaking urine test that offers significant advantages ...