Former Premier League goalkeeper Shaka Hislop says it is "alarming" that tests for prostate cancer are not "regular and "standardised" in the United Kingdom. The 56-year-old was diagnosed with the ...
A digital rectal exam (DRE) is a way to check for signs of prostate cancer. For this exam a physician inserts a gloved, lubricated finger into your rectum to: Feel your prostate gland Assess the ...
While many people are familiar with mammograms and smear tests, prostate screening is talked about far less. Ahead of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in March, Mr Wissam Abou-Chedid, consultant ...
A new long-term study published in the New England Journal of Medicine followed 160,000 men for over two decades to examine ...
Landmark UK prostate cancer screening trial begins with first men tested - Trial will inform future population-wide prostate cancer screening programmes for men ...
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, ...
The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) has rejected calls for population-wide prostate cancer screening using the PSA test. More than 63,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer annually in ...
Warning thousands of Black men will die of prostate cancer in next decade without targeted screening - One survivor said it ...
The campaign for better prostate cancer awareness has provoked important questions about the lack of testing and screening. Why are men dying unnecessarily?
Scans that makes prostate cancer cells "glow" could cut the need for invasive biopsies, according to new research. The state-of-the-art imaging test could safely halve the number of men who need to ...
For Josh Henderson, 66, of Olympia, getting genetic testing was a no-brainer. “The first time I came to Fred Hutch, my oncologist suggested it,” said the retired IT manager who received a metastatic ...
A landmark trial aiming to shape the future of prostate cancer screening in the UK has begun testing a group of men ...