THIS YEAR, IT’S estimated that nearly 300,000 new prostate cancer cases will be diagnosed. While there’s no single test to detect prostate cancer, doctors commonly use the prostate-specific antigen ...

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer found in American men, and the second leading cause of men's cancer deaths. Given those rates, it would seem like a screening test that can catch the disease ...

The PSA test is an imperfect way to screen men for prostate cancer. But until recently, it was seen as the best option available. The test measures the amount of prostate specific antigen, or PSA, in ...

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood testing likely reduces the risk of death from prostate cancer, found a new review ...

Five years ago, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended against routine blood tests to measure your level of prostate-specific antigens – the PSA test. The task force now recommends men 55 ...

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a protein produced by the cells of the prostate gland and is found in semen, the medium that carries sperm. PSA liquefies semen and allows sperm to swim. Small ...

You’ve made you’re appointment with the urologist for your annual PSA test. Whether a man looks forward to this doctor’s visit or not, it is a necessary part of screening for any issues that may be ...

For men between the ages of 55 and 69, getting screened for prostate cancer is a mixed bag of possible, down-the-road benefits and just-as-possible immediate harms. That means there’s no one-size-fits ...

Say your doctor offers to run a PSA test, which might detect early signs of prostate cancer. The test is free to you, because insurance covers it. And you're already getting a blood test to measure ...

The recommendation Monday by the prestigious United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) that the widely used PSA test for prostate cancer no longer be used routinely for men of any age is ...