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How is PSA used to monitor prostate cancer?

Editor's note: second of two parts; read part one here.. In the first part of our series, we described how PSA is used as a screening tool to help detect prostate cancer in men who don't have symptoms ...
The study's testing accurately identified prostate cancer 91% of the time and accurately ruled out men without prostate cancer 84% of the time. A urine-based biomarker panel may be a promising, ...
National guidelines on prostate cancer screening with the PSA test are set by the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). This independent panel of experts in preventive and primary care ...
Decades ago, doctors created a test to determine which breast cancer patients should receive hormone therapy. Now, researchers are using the same tactics to advance prostate cancer treatment. A recent ...
This article was reviewed by Darragh O’Carroll, MD. PSA and Testosterone: Are They Linked? Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a term you’ll probably become familiar with once you start getting ...
The media frenzy surrounding former President Joe Biden’s metastatic prostate cancer diagnosis last May didn’t faze one Lancaster resident. Doctors and politicians debated whether Biden and his ...
It’s important to follow guidance on prostate-specific antigen screening that maximizes benefits and minimizes potential harms such as overdiagnosis and overtreatment.
Prostate cancer screening compares favorably to screening for breast cancer in identifying significant cancers, reducing ...
Mical Roy is an Austin-based senior manager in public affairs, a prostate cancer survivor, and a content writer. He's also the co-founder of the Pink and Blue Affair, an annual event in Bastrop County ...
Rishi Sunak has urged men to be checked for prostate cancer as part of a new screening drive. The former prime minister has given his backing to an initiative run by the charity P ...
FORMER PRESIDENT JOSEPH R. Biden has been diagnosed with Stage 4 prostate cancer, his office announced The cancer has spread to his bones, as it commonly does in more aggressive forms. It is generally ...