Decades ago, doctors created a test to determine which breast cancer patients should receive hormone therapy. Now, researchers are using the same tactics to advance prostate cancer treatment.

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

To check for possible prostate cancer, physicians most often use prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests and digital rectal exams (DREs). For a firm diagnosis, they use core needle biopsies. This page ...

Advanced prostate cancer cases are rising worldwide as fewer men undergo routine PSA screening and early symptoms go ...

The NHS will not be automatically inviting all men above a certain age to check for prostate cancer, unlike the approach for some other cancers. The UK National Screening Committee has suggested that ...

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, ...

The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) is proud to announce the launch of an interactive website and downloadable guide, Somatic and Germline Genetic Testing for Patients with Advanced Prostate ...

Decision making is evidence based and must be shielded from lobbying The NHS draft recommendation against routine prostate ...

The Urology Care Foundation and the Prostate Cancer Foundation have created a new educational guide on genetic tests to guide treatment decisions for patients with advanced prostate cancer. The guide, ...

Thousands of men with incurable prostate cancer will be offered a lifeline after an about-turn on NHS treatment.

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, with about 1-in-8 expected to be diagnosed in their lifetime.

Olympic legend Sir Chris Hoy says ‘we need more men to be diagnosed with prostate cancer early to stop them getting news I ...