Prostate News Archive
26-Apr-2007
Prostate cancer test may surpass PSA (Pioneer Press)
WASHINGTON - An experimental blood test for prostate cancer may help eliminate tens of thousands of unnecessary biopsies at the same time it detects many tumors that are now missed by the test commonly in use, its developers said Wednesday. Life After Prostate Cancer Treatment (CBS News)
Which side effects of prostate cancer treatment would bother you least? A new study points out the risks for each treatment option. Prostate test gets high marks for finding cancer (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Posted: 5:07 PM- A new prostate cancer test that relies on measuring levels of a blood protein called EPCA-2 accurately found cancer 94 percent of the time, a significant improvement over the current PSA test, according to a study released Test shows promise in detecting prostate cancer (USA Today)
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine are trying to develop a more reliable way to find prostate cancer. While experts say the new test is promising, they say it's too soon to know whether it really works better than older screening methods. New Prostate Cancer Test May Detect More Tumors (Washington Post)
An experimental blood test for prostate cancer may help eliminate tens of thousands of unnecessary biopsies at the same time that it detects many tumors that are now missed by the test commonly used, its developers said yesterday.
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