Prostate News Archive
10-Apr-2011
New screening method for prostate cancer cuts number of false positives
A new way to screen for prostate cancer better predicts which men have fast-growing cancers with fewer false positives than other available tests, researchers from Northwestern University say. The standard test for prostate cancer measures blood levels of a substance called prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, which is produced by prostate gland cells and tends to be elevated in men with prostate ... Why I Advocate PSA Screening for Prostate Cancer
PSA screening for prostate cancer has recently been the focus of scrutiny in the media, especially following a recent publication in the British Medical Journal. It is thus a good time to take a step back and examine what we know about PSA screening and its relationship to prostate cancer Test detects aggressive prostate cancer
CHICAGO, April 7 (UPI) -- A new prostate specific antigen test to screen for prostate cancer is more accurate in detecting more aggressive prostate cancer, U.S. researchers say.
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