An article about the importance of PSA testing for early detection and treatment of prostate cancer ...

The NHS will not be automatically inviting all men above a certain age to check for prostate cancer, unlike the approach for some other cancers. The UK National Screening Committee has suggested that ...

An Italian oncologic psychologist warns these patients: “A prostatectomy doesn’t cure anxiety.” Emotional distress can be so ...

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 ...

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, ...

Decades ago, doctors created a test to determine which breast cancer patients should receive hormone therapy. Now, ...

Mr Streeting, who does have the power to overrule the committee, is said to now be considering the evidence and range of ...

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, ...

Patients will be able to find out whether they have genes linked to cancer using a world-leading tool developed by the NHS.

Four brothers who were all diagnosed with prostate cancer within six months of each other said going through treatment ...

A marathon runner has said a prostrate cancer test would have saved him from his terminal diagnosis. Tony Collier, 68, who has run 19 marathons since the age of 50, was diagnosed eight years ago after ...

Thousands of men with incurable prostate cancer will be offered a lifeline after an about-turn on NHS treatment.