When prostate cancer strikes, one question is paramount: Is it aggressive and requiring immediate treatment, or slow-growing and worthy of monitoring only? Right now, an invasive biopsy is the ...
A prostate cancer biomarker test that utilizes 17 genetic markers has demonstrated a high degree of accuracy in screening for serious cancer. The test also significantly reduced unnecessary ...
Researchers at the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center have developed a new urine-based test that addresses a major problem in prostate cancer: how to separate the slow growing form of ...
A new urine test could help men with an elevated PSA, or prostate specific antigen, level avoid unnecessary biopsies and MRIs ...
Prostate cancer usually does not cause symptoms in the early stages. Signs of prostate cancer can include frequent urination, weak or interrupted urine stream, painful ejaculation, blood in urine ...
When a prostate-specific antigen blood test produces an abnormal result, the next step is usually a prostate biopsy. In April, researchers at the University of Michigan published results with a test ...
A new urine test for prostate cancer detection is showing promise. The current standard test, the Prostate Specific Antigen, PSA, isn’t very accurate at distinguishing between aggressive and ...
When prostate cancer strikes, one question is paramount: Is it aggressive and requiring immediate treatment, or slow-growing and worthy of monitoring only? Right now, an invasive biopsy is the only ...
ATLANTA - Each year, millions of American men get a blood test known as a PSA, or prostate-specific antigen, test as part of their yearly checkup. PSA is a protein produced by the prostate gland.