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PSA-based tool improves decision making for prostate cancer screening and treatment
In a previous study, the researchers showed that PSA scores can impact both doctor and patient behavior, leading to biopsy ...
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Study tests combined targeted radiopharmaceuticals and precision radiation for recurrent prostate cancer
Investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have opened a clinical trial that will look at whether ...
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, ...
Investigators designed and externally validated a prostate cancer death prediction model for risk stratification of men at the point of PSA screening.
The FDA has approved a novel diagnostic for prostate cancer that looks to improve upon the common screener for prostate-specific antigen, known as a PSA test. The IsoPSA blood test, developed by ...
False positive PSA results cause unneeded treatments. An expert panel has recommended against routine blood screening for prostate cancer, in a report published Wednesday in The BMJ. The panel, ...
Researchers are studying tests called liquid biopsies, which can provide vital information about cancer genes using only a blood sample. A blood test to find cancer even before it shows any symptoms ...
Prostate cancer blood tests can lead to men being over-tested, while those who need help may be missed, a large study has found. Researchers from the University of Oxford examined the health records ...
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in Australia, with about 26,000 men diagnosed per year. The majority (more than 85%) are aged over 60. Prostate cancer kills around 3,900 Australians a year.
The prostate health index (PHI) is a blood test that more accurately assesses the risk of prostate cancer than a traditional PSA test. The PHI combines three different PSA tests to create one risk ...
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