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

An Italian oncologic psychologist warns these patients: “A prostatectomy doesn’t cure anxiety.” Emotional distress can be so ...

Prostate cancer is one of the most common and deadly forms of cancer in men, yet early detection remains a major challenge. That difficulty lies in how subtle the disease can be in its earliest stages ...

National guidelines on prostate cancer screening with the PSA test are set by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). This independent panel of experts in preventive and primary care ...

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

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

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, ...

WASHINGTON D.C. (WPVI) -- The Preventive Services Task Force is changing recommendations that can affect millions of middle-aged men. Five years ago, it opposed routine screening for prostate cancer, ...

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, ...

Scientists are reporting a test which can predict which patients are most at risk from aggressive prostate cancer, and whether they suffer an increased chance of treatment failure. This test, reported ...