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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men but often goes unnoticed. Experts stress early screening, awareness ...

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, ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of death in men right behind heart disease. Patients with this cancer often don’t find out until the disease has advanced ...

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 ...

LONDON -- British pop star Cliff Richard said Monday he has been given the all-clear after treatment for prostate cancer. The 85-year-old singer joined calls for Britain to introduce a national ...