Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a protein produced by both normal and cancerous cells in the prostate gland. It is primarily measured through a blood test, where normal levels are typically found ...

An Italian oncologic psychologist warns these patients: “A prostatectomy doesn’t cure anxiety.” Emotional distress can be so ...

Researchers assess the adequacy of tissue ablation by a cooled laser therapy in patients with localized prostate cancer.

For prostate biopsy planning, multiparametric MRI has relatively low specificity particularly for PI-RADS 3 and PI-RADS 4 ...

After decades of overtreatment for low-risk prostate cancer and inadequate management of its more aggressive forms, patients are now more likely to receive medical care matched to level of risk, ...

An article about the importance of PSA testing for early detection and treatment of prostate cancer ...

Four brothers who were each diagnosed with prostate cancer within six months of one another have told the BBC that the ...

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 ...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Veracyte, Inc. (Nasdaq: VCYT), a leading cancer diagnostics company, today announced that its Decipher Prostate Genomic Classifier is the only gene ...

Staging means finding out how far prostate cancer has spread in your body. Physicians group prostate cancers into stages I (1) through IV (4), with stage I being the least advanced and stage IV being ...

Higher serum creatinine levels that are still within normal ranges are associated with a significantly increased risk of prostate cancer, according to a new study. Compared with patients in the lowest ...

Researchers say they've developed a urine test that could answer whether prostate cancer is aggressive and requiring immediate treatment, or slow-growing and worthy ...