Only men with a dangerous genetic variant and a family history of cancer should be offered screening, say UK advisors.

The UK's National Screening Committee has recommended that only a very small group of men at high risk of prostate cancer ...

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

Routine prostate cancer screening has been rejected by the UK's independent screening committee despite significant pressure ...

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 ...

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 ...

NHS advisors have again rejected pleas for potentially life-saving routine prostate cancer screening after concluding that ...

Although blood test reduces deaths by two for every 1,000 men screened, many could face unnecessary treatment ...

Only "a few thousand" men who have a dangerous genetic variant and a family history of cancer should be screened, experts say ...

The UK's National Screening Committee has concluded its review of prostate cancer screening in the UK, saying that the harms of a large-scale, national programme would outweigh the benefits. The ...

Former President Joe Biden received his last known blood test to check for prostate cancer in 2014, a spokesperson said Tuesday — two days after Biden revealed he has an aggressive form of prostate ...

Only men with a specific gene variant and a family history of certain cancers should be screened, experts have said.