The prostate health index (PHI) is a blood test that more accurately assesses the risk of prostate cancer than a traditional PSA test. The PHI combines three different PSA tests to create one risk ...

To check for possible prostate cancer, physicians most often use prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests and digital rectal exams (DREs). For a firm diagnosis, they use core needle biopsies. This page ...

In a previous study, the researchers showed that PSA scores can impact both doctor and patient behavior, leading to biopsy ...

WASHINGTON D.C. (WPVI) -- The Preventive Services Task Force is changing recommendations that can affect millions of middle-aged men. Five years ago, it opposed routine screening for prostate cancer, ...

A new long-term prediction tool estimates the risk of dying from prostate cancer, offering a more accurate way to interpret ...

Source: Getty Images Investigators analyzed exfoliated cells in urine specimens to identify 50 candidate RNAs for prostate cancer detection. Serum PSA testing is not specific to prostate cancer, and ...

A prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test is a blood test that measures a protein released in the blood by prostate cells. Both normal and cancerous prostate cells release the protein. Most of the time, ...

Testing the molecular profile of prostate tumours identifies which patients with advanced prostate cancer are more likely to benefit from a chemotherapy treatment called docetaxel and live longer, ...

A marathon runner has said a prostrate cancer test would have saved him from his terminal diagnosis. Tony Collier, 68, who has run 19 marathons since the age of 50, was diagnosed eight years ago after ...