Doubts Cast on Common Prostate Cancer Test
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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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Some numbers shed light on prostate cancer. For example, one in six American men will be diagnosed during his lifetime. One in 32 -- nearly 30,000 men -- will die of the illness this year.
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Reaction has been mixed to the findings of the New Zealand Cervical Cancer Screening Audit, released today. The College of GPs expressed concern, but little surprise at the findings, while the New Zealand
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Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer afflicting American men. And while one in six men will get the disease during his lifetime, only one in 32 will die from it.
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The PSA test, used to screen men for detecting prostate cancer has been declared all but useless by a pioneer in the procedure. Stanford University School of Medicine professor Dr.
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NEW YORK  - Some men with prostate cancer  that hasn't spread may not need to undergo treatment, as long  as a watchful eye is kept on their condition. They can do as  well as similar men who undergo radiation therapy, according to  a new report.
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A large new study is challenging the common practice of recommending that older men forgo treatment for early prostate cancer and instead wait to see whether the malignancy progresses.
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The PSA test can help doctors decide whether prostate cancer is likely, but should men ask for this test?
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TUESDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Among prostate cancer patients undergoing a high-tech form of radiation therapy, exposure to a higher amount of radiation over a shorter time span poses no added risk for impaired sexual function, new research reveals.
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Men in their 70s and older who are diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer can safely "watch and wait" because they are not likely to die of it, researchers confirmed on Wednesday.
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Fear of what the symptoms of prostate cancer may mean stops men seeking medical help, a study suggests.
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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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And while one in six men will get the disease during his lifetime, only one in 32 will die from it. The death rate for prostate cancer is declining, cancer experts note, due to developments that range from
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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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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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NEW YORK  - 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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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.