PSA test is now all but useless for predicting prostate cancer ...
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The PSA test, commonly used as a screening tool for detecting prostate cancer, is now all but useless for predicting prostate cancer risk, according to Stanford University School of Medicine researchers.
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OTTAWA -- A pioneer of the PSA prostate cancer test taken by millions of men each year now says the test has virtually no bearing on how much cancer is present.
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Thousands of men may have unnecessarily undergone an invasive operation to remove their prostate, sometimes suffering impotence and incontinence as a result, because of a screening test which was yesterday written off as all but useless.
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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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( Xagena - Oncologia ) - Uno studio, coordinato da Ricercatori del Brigham and Women&#39;s Hospital a Boston, su 1095 uomini con tumore alla prostata localizzato, ha mostrato che un rapido aumento nelle concentrazioni dellâantigene PSA ( prostate-specific
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A new report calls for the urgent need to improve treatments and find a cure for prostate cancer, a disease that strikes one in six American men.
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WASHINGTON &#151; When federal regulators delayed approving a promising new prostate cancer therapy, patients and the drug&#146;s advocates reacted with more than disappointment.
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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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U.S. News & World Report - Male relatives of breast-cancer patients might want to be tested
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Obese people may be less likely to develop prostate cancer but more likely to die  of it, a study suggests.
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TUESDAY, Dec. 5 (HealthDay News) -- The popular hair-loss drug Propecia can change the results of a common screen for prostate cancer, the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, leading to skewed readings that might obscure the presence of disease, a new study found.
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A single prostate cancer screening test before age 50 can help predict which men might develop aggressive forms of the disease, even 25 years before a diagnosis, researchers said on Friday.
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Expert says males should show a feminine, less career-driven side to cut prostate disease risk.
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Elderly black men are only 50 percent as likely to get tested for prostate cancer as elderly white men are, says a study in the current issue of The Archives of Internal Medicine.
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Experts have trained unwanted dogs into supersniffers that can detect drugs or bombs. Now they're focusing on a new threat&#151;prostate cancer.
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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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IN AUGUST last year, I urged circumspection in screening for prostate cancer in men without obvious signs or symptoms. The prostate is that gland which produces fluid for semen in the male.