The Spokesman-Review

Ask the doctors: PSA test guidelines have changed over the years

Dear Doctors: If my doctor won’t order a PSA or other screening test, can I pay for it myself? We are always told about the importance of early detection. So why aren’t screening tests recommended for ...
Yahoo

What Your PSA Test Says About Your Prostate

THIS YEAR, IT’S estimated that nearly 300,000 new prostate cancer cases will be diagnosed. While there’s no single test to detect prostate cancer, doctors commonly use the prostate-specific antigen ...
Detroit News

Dr. Roach: Lab groups calculate PSA scores differently

Dear Dr. Roach: I’m 77 and have an enlarged prostate. My PSA score has been between 5.2 and 5.9 ng/mL for years. Recently, my internist had me take a PSA test, and it was 9.5 ng/mL. Two weeks later, ...
FiercePharma

Cleveland Diagnostics re-ups prostate-specific antigen test push in 'A PSA on PSA'

This marks the second year for the “A PSA on PSA” campaign, which ClevelandDx started in 2023 to educate patients and their families and caregivers about the importance of screening for prostate ...
Medical Xpress

Do I have prostate cancer? Why a simple PSA blood test alone won't give you the answer

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.
Labroots

Association between Prostate Cancer, Elevated PSA, and Race

Compared to White men, Black men have a higher risk of developing prostate cancer. Additionally, Black men have a greater risk than White men of prostate cancer mortality. Asian men have a lower risk ...
Business Wire

Oxford Biodynamics Announces US Launch of its 94% Accurate EpiSwitch ® Prostate Screening Blood Test to Men With Prostate Cancer Risk

OXFORD, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oxford BioDynamics, Plc (AIM: OBD, the Company), a biotechnology company developing precision medicine tests based on the EpiSwitch ® 3D genomics platform, today ...
Shropshire Star

I'm nervous around needles but I went for a cancer screening blood test because these events save lives

My trepidation around needles paled into almost insignificance when I attended a council-supported blood testing event in ...
HUB

Johns Hopkins investigators create new urine-based test to ID prostate cancers

Researchers identified three biomarkers that robustly detected the presence of prostate cancer Prostate biopsies after abnormal PSA blood test results are often negative and can result in unintended ...
The Telegraph

Lab groups calculate PSA scores differently

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m 77 and have an enlarged prostate. My PSA score has been between 5.2 and 5.9 ng/mL for years. Recently, my internist had me take a PSA test, and it was 9.5 ng/mL. Two weeks later, ...
Sun Journal

Lab groups calculate PSA scores differently

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m 77 and have an enlarged prostate. My PSA score has been ...