Decades ago, doctors created a test to determine which breast cancer patients should receive hormone therapy. Now, ...
An article about the importance of PSA testing for early detection and treatment of prostate cancer ...
An Italian oncologic psychologist warns these patients: “A prostatectomy doesn’t cure anxiety.” Emotional distress can be so ...
The global statistics are terrifying. Prostate cancer is the fourth most common cancer in all populations, the second most common cancer among men worldwide, and ranks first in Europe, where a third ...
It’s a slightly odd moment when I fire the little spring-loaded lancet into my own hand and, despite my attempts to bleed neatly, the kitchen table takes on a crime-scene feel. I’ve waited until ...
Former President Joe Biden announced this weekend that he has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, the second leading cause of cancer death for men in the United States. About 1 ...
After much deliberation, a government advisory committee announced on Friday afternoon that it will not be recommending population-wide prostate cancer screening in the UK. The UK National Screening ...
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, ...
Prostate cancer has overtaken breast cancer to become the most common form of the disease in the UK for the first time.