More Telling Tests for Prostate Cancer
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Discovered in 1986 by Stanford researcher Dr. Thomas Stamey, the PSA blood test for prostate cancer is one of the medical world&#39;s most important -- and controversial -- tools.
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NEW YORK  - Men with prostate cancer who  undergo removal of the prostate (i.e., radical prostatectomy)  hope to see their PSA fall to zero, but sometimes it remains  detectable in their blood. This isn't a good sign, but it bodes  worse for some men than others.
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NEW YORK  - Men who undergo a prostate  biopsy because they've had a suspicious screening test result  and then are given the good news that the biopsy is negative  continue to worry about developing the cancer, study findings  show.
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TUESDAY, Sept. 21 (HealthDayNews) -- Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer afflicting American men.
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Older men with early-stage prostate cancer are not taking a big risk if they keep an eye on the disease instead of treating it right away, suggests the largest study to look at this issue since PSA tests became popular.
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SUNDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Men diagnosed with prostate cancer in the summer and fall have a better chance of survival than those diagnosed in the spring and winter, a new study of Norwegian men suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Obese men who undergo surgery for prostate cancer are more likely than their non-obese peers to experience a rise in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels, a sign that their disease is returning, new research suggests.
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Obese men who undergo surgery for prostate cancer are more likely than their non-obese peers to experience a rise in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels, a sign that their disease is returning, new research suggests. Moreover, this seems to be true even in cases in which all of the cancer was apparently removed at surgery.
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Scientists identify four more genes that increase breast cancer risk which could result in better tests.
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The type of prostate cancer treatment a  man gets has a lot to do with the kind of specialist he sees  first, according to a study released on Monday that lends  scientific evidence to something many men have likely guessed.
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WASHINGTON -- Prostate cancer is more likely to be life-threatening if the man's PSA level rose rapidly during the years before he was diagnosed, says a new study that may help change how PSA tests are used.
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A new study suggests a man's weight may affect the accuracy of a common test to detect prostate cancer, leading researchers to warn that doctors could be missing the dangerous cancer in obese men.
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TUESDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDayNews) -- New information about the activity of a hormone-sensitive cell receptor could improve the treatment of prostate cancer, according to a study in the November issue of Cancer Cell.
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Older men with early-stage prostate cancer are not taking a big risk if they keep an eye on the disease instead of treating it right away, suggests the largest study to look at this issue since PSA tests became popular
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A urine test that detects proteins  given off by malignant growths can identify bladder cancer  faster and perhaps reduce the use of more invasive procedures,  researchers said on Tuesday.
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Scientists believe they may have found a much more accurate way of diagnosing bowel cancer.
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Obese men may get falsely reassuring  results on prostate cancer screening tests, U.S. researchers  said on Monday.