Prostate cancer screening is essential for early detection, especially in high-risk groups like men over 50, African Americans, and those with a family history. Routine screening, including PSA tests ...
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a protein made by the prostate gland. A high PSA level could be a sign of an enlarged prostate, inflammation called prostatitis, or prostate cancer. The PSA test ...
The NHS will not be automatically inviting all men above a certain age to check for prostate cancer, unlike the approach for some other cancers. The UK National Screening Committee has suggested that ...
Medicare covers one annual prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test for people with prostates if they meet the eligibility guidelines and the test is medically necessary. Medicare typically covers one ...
Dr. Barry W. Goy explains how to interpret PSA levels after prostate cancer treatment and how to manage recurrence based on disease progression. Among patients with intermediate-risk prostate cancer, ...
“After treatment with enzalutamide, PSA levels decline due to potent androgen receptor blockade and cell death,” Armstrong ...
Editor's note: Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt is a urologist and robotic surgeon with Orlando Health and an assistant professor at the University of Central Florida’s College of Medicine.When I learned that ...
Higher persistent PSA levels post-surgery were linked to increased mortality risk, with 8-year prostate cancer–specific mortality reaching 13.86% for a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) ≥ 1 ng/mL. The ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . First-line biparametric MRI testing increased the number of biopsies and overdiagnoses vs. first-line PSA ...
A new British study suggests that the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, long used to spot prostate cancers, might lead to overdiagnosis in Black men. Researchers now theorize that Black men may ...
In tandem with September’s Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, Cleveland Diagnostics is kicking off a campaign to boost awareness of and education around screening tests for the disease. The flagship ...