The standard PSA test has anchored prostate cancer screening for decades, but it has a well-known weakness: it flags plenty ...

For many men, a prostate cancer scare starts with one number. A PSA result comes back high, and ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Sept. 6 (UPI) --Among the least favorite of all medical exams, the digital rectal exam for prostate cancer may be on the way out because other tests are more accurate in detecting ...

Peter Latos would have celebrated his 50th birthday earlier this week, on May 3, but he wasn’t here to do that. The long, valiant battle he fought against prostate cancer came to an end nearly two ...

An experimental urine test that detects genetic changes associated with prostate cancer identified 92 percent of men with elevated PSA (prostate-specific antigen) levels who had high-grade cancers, ...

The most common screening test for prostate cancer so often returns a false positive result that it's no longer recommended for men older than 70, and it's offered as a personal choice for younger men ...

Most men in their 50s, who face an increasing risk of prostate cancer as they age, are familiar with the common screening exam known as the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test. But many are less ...

Healthy men 50 and older do not have to undergo annual screening for prostate cancer, according to a panel that has given the PSA blood test a grade of D and said it does more harm than good. The U.S.

(HealthDay)—Following U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations against routine prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening, there has been a decrease in utilization of digital rectal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A representative for former President Joe Biden said he last took a prostate-specific antigen blood test, commonly used to screen ...