Sunak urges men to have prostate cancer tests after Telegraph campaign

Rishi Sunak has urged men to get checked for prostate cancer as part of a new screening drive. The former prime minister has ...

Scan that makes prostate cancer glow reduces need for invasive tests

A scan that makes prostate cancer cells “glow” could halve the number of men needing invasive biopsies, research suggests.
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Call for more tests to screen for prostate cancer

A charity providing free prostate cancer tests has called for more NHS screening to reduce the number of men who go undiagnosed. The Torbay Prostate Support Association (TPSA) said men who had the ...
The Root

Should Men Really Get Prostate-Cancer Tests?

A federal panel’s controversial recommendation that healthy men older than 50 avoid a PSA-based prostate screening test is drawing scorn from some doctors. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an ...
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Transforming prostate screening into a global gold standard

Prostate cancer screening compares favourably to screening for breast cancer in identifying significant cancers, reducing ...
The Courier-Journal

Prostate cancer screening: Should men get tested? And when? Here's what to know

PSA levels can be elevated for reasons other than cancer, such as an enlarged or inflamed prostate. False positive and false negative PSA test results are possible. The American Cancer Society does ...

Prostate cancer screening is as good as breast cancer screening, say researchers

Prostate cancer screening compares favorably to screening for breast cancer in identifying significant cancers, reducing ...
Fred Hutch

Other Tests for Prostate Cancer

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 ...

Prostate cancer committee ‘exaggerated screening risks’

A prostate cancer committee has been accused of exaggerating the risks of screening. Advisers to Wes Streeting, the Health Secretary, rejected calls to offer targeted testing in November, arguing that ...

Prostate screening saves four times more lives than previously believed

Prostate cancer screening saves many more lives than earlier studies suggested, research shows. The results from the longest-running European trial show one life saved for every six men diagnosed, a ...

Prostate cancer screening just as good as routine breast cancer checks, study says - so will change happen?

Prostate cancer kills more than 12,000 men a year in the UK, slightly more than the number of women who die from breast ...
Forbes

Pros And Cons Of Prostate Cancer Blood Tests

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice ...