A prostate biopsy involves removing prostate tissue to test for cancer. Learn about types, procedure, risks, and follow-up ...

THIS YEAR, IT’S estimated that nearly 300,000 new prostate cancer cases will be diagnosed. While there’s no single test to detect prostate cancer, doctors commonly use the prostate-specific antigen ...

Prostate cancer remains a significant concern in my practice, which is why I emphasize the importance of early detection. The American Cancer Society estimates there will be nearly 300,000 new cases ...

Current guidelines recommend against screening for prostate cancer in men who are 70 years old and older, as it is considered to be 'low value' with little or no benefit for the individual. Yet a new ...

Former President Joe Biden announced this weekend that he has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, the second leading cause of cancer death for men in the United States. About 1 ...

In a study involving more than 11,000 men enrolled in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) cancer screening trial, about one quarter of elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) results ...

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 ...

The risk difference for the group randomized to the screening invitation compared with the control group who were not invited to undergo screening was 0.11% (95% CI 0.03-0.20) for low-grade cancer and ...

Current prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing "may not effectively target testing to those most likely to benefit, raising concerns about overtesting" warn researchers from the University of Oxford ...