Experts: PSA Test Still Valuable for Prostate Cancer Screening
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SATURDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDayNews) -- Earlier this fall, the researcher who first identified the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test -- used for nearly two decades to screen men for prostate cancer -- announced the test had become &quot;all but useless.&quot;
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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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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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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 (news - web sites).
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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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Approximately one half of men  diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer undergo surgery or  radiation therapy when "watchful waiting" may be more  appropriate, according to a research team at the University of  Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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New research shows that it's possible to identify men with slowly progressive or latent prostate cancer, reflected by prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels that remain stable or fall over time.
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Obese men may get falsely reassuring  results on prostate cancer screening tests, U.S. researchers  said on Monday.
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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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Oregon scientists say a simple test can identify men at high risk of life-threatening prostate cancer even after a biopsy finds no signs of it. The key, researchers say, is "PSA density," which compares the size of a man's prostate with his levels of a cancer-related protein called prostate-specific antigen.
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Doctors need to develop a more organized team approach to prostate cancer, with a clear outline on how to screen for the disease and to treat it, a panel of cancer experts said on Wednesday.
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Scientists are chalking up continued gains in the fight against prostate cancer. According to the US National Institutes of Health (news - web sites), advances
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MONDAY, Sept. 27 (HealthDayNews) -- 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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NEW YORK  - The top magazines in the U.S.  typically shortchange readers when it comes to articles on  prostate and colon cancer screening, according to researchers.
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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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Scientists believe they have found a way to make prostate cancer treatment more effective.
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The common PSA test used for detecting prostate is under fire by the pioneer of the test. Dr. Thomas Stamey says the test is all but &quot;useless&quot;, however, many in the medical field will not agree with Dr.