Pioneer ponders worth of PSA cancer test
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OTTAWAâA pioneer of the PSA prostate cancer test taken annually by millions of men now says the test has little bearing on how much cancer is present.
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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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MONDAY, Sept. 13 (HealthDayNews) -- One in six American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime.
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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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A genetic test which may improve accurate diagnosis of prostate cancer is launched in the UK.
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Prostate cancer, once a research backwater, is suddenly sexy thanks to the work of one patient: Michael Milken, the Wall Street wizard who fell from grace in the late Eighties and found redemption in a medical miracle.
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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 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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SUNDAY, Sept. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists are chalking up continued gains in the fight against prostate cancer.
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Should smokers and ex-smokers get an annual screening test for lung cancer? With experts divided, patients may be left on their own to decide.
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NEW YORK  - The mortality rates for most  men diagnosed with prostate cancer in the United States are no  higher than those in the general population, a new analysis  shows. "The bottom line is that most men diagnosed with the  disease today can expect to live as long as, or longer than,  men their age without the disease," two editorialists comment.
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Expert says males should show a feminine, less career-driven side to cut prostate disease risk.
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One in six American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year. It&#39;s a more common disease among men than breast cancer is among women.
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A review of 20 years&#39; worth of tissue samples casts doubt on the value of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing for prostate cancer, a new study contends.
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Washington DC, Nov. 24 - Consider the case of Russell Balmer, who thought it was a good idea to have himself checked out because his father died young of a heart attack, his mother from cancer and he&#39;s just become a father himself.
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22 (HealthDayNews) -- 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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A genetic test which can detect signs of prostate cancer in urine has been launched in the UK.