Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer among men in England, with cases surging by 25 per cent between 2019 and 2023, according to NHS data. It’s also the second-deadliest form of the ...
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 ...
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What is a PSA test and how is it used?

In this two-part series, we'll describe the PSA test-- how it's used, and how doctors perform next steps in the event of an abnormal reading. Our first post addresses PSA screening for prostate cancer ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most older men with prostate cancer found by prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests and biopsies opted for treatment in a new study - even if signs pointed to their disease ...
July 16, 2012 (UPDATED July 17, 2012) — Screening asymptomatic men for prostate cancer with the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test is worth doing, according to the American Society of Clinical ...
CHICAGO, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Doctors criticized proposals by a U.S. government-backed panel recommending against prostate cancer screening in healthy men -- saying they went too far and may put some men ...
For decades, it has been known that prostate specific antigen ‒ or PSA ‒ tests are a flawed way to diagnose prostate cancer. Many men have a high PSA without having cancer. Others have low PSA that ...
A new British study suggests that the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, long used to spot prostate cancers, might lead to overdiagnosis in Black men. Researchers now theorize that Black men may ...
The study "Reducing MRI Use in Organised Prostate Cancer Testing Using Blood-Based Biomarkers - the OPT Stockholm3 Study" ...