A prostate cancer screening program involving participants in the top decile of risk according to a polygenic risk score identifies clinically significant disease, according to a study published in ...

The UK's National Screening Committee has recommended that only a very small group of men at high risk of prostate cancer should be screened for the disease. There is currently no screening programme ...

PSA stands for prostate-specific antigen, a substance naturally produced in prostate tissue. A small amount of PSA regularly sneaks into the bloodstream, and low blood concentration is considered ...

Market OverviewThe global transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) market is experiencing consistent expansion and is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of around 6% during the forecast period.

A large screening trial showed that using prostate-specific antigen density (PSAD) before MRI prevented overdiagnosis and lowered resource use while preserving the detection of clinically significant ...

Here’s a number that should make you uncomfortable: Black men are 67% more likely to develop prostate cancer than white men. But wait, it gets worse. They’re also twice as likely to die from it. If ...

It seems, on paper, a perfectly rational proposal. Offer all middle-aged men a test every few years to flag up their risk of prostate cancer – the most common cancer in men, with about 63,000 ...

As reports surface that the UK’s national screening committee are set to reject proposals for any national prostate screening programme, experts warn that the decision, if followed through with, puts ...

Seventy per cent of men aged 50-74 participated in the prostate cancer programme at least once in the first 10 years of the screening. That’s impressive when you look at the UK figures: Specifically, ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prostate cancer screening should not be made routinely available for the vast majority of men in the UK, a committee advising the ...