Decades ago, doctors created a test to determine which breast cancer patients should receive hormone therapy. Now, ...

Doctors began testing PSA levels in the 1980s to monitor diagnosed cancers. By the early 1990s, researchers promoted it for ...

Anyone discouraged by the continued absence of a prostate cancer screening programme, the difficulties in getting a clear ...

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, ...

Patients will be able to find out whether they have genes linked to cancer using a world-leading tool developed by the NHS.

A prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test is a blood test that measures a protein released in the blood by prostate cells. Both normal and cancerous prostate cells release the protein. Most of the time, ...

A new long-term prediction tool estimates the risk of dying from prostate cancer, offering a more accurate way to interpret ...

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 ...

Prostate cancer has overtaken breast cancer to become the most common form of the disease in the UK for the first time.