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 ...
More information: Development and Validation of an 18-Gene Urine Test for Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer, JAMA Oncology (2024). DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.0455 ...
To date, men undergoing screening through the measurement of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels have had a significant reduction in neoplastic mortality. Because of its low specificity ...
A new urine test could help men with an elevated PSA, or prostate specific antigen, level avoid unnecessary biopsies and MRIs ...
May 13, 2024 — Men with prostate cancer could significantly reduce the chances of the disease worsening by eating more fruits, vegetables, nuts, and olive oil ...
For a large percentage of men with prostate cancer, the tumor may be so slow-growing that doctors advise a "watch-and-wait" ...
A urine test which looks at 18 genes linked to aggressive prostate cancer could help men with the slow-growing form of the disease avoid unnecessary invasive biopsies, according to scientists.
After receiving approval from the Nara Medical University Hospital Institutional Review Board, 138 patients with an abnormal DRE and/or abnormal PSA levels were recruited between April 2009 and ...
IF YOU’VE NEVER had a prostate cancer screening, you may worry that it will be embarrassing and uncomfortable. Doctors say that’s not the case, however. The tests are quick and essential for ...
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 ...