Ads for prostate supplements and home testing kits have been banned over concerns they could mislead vulnerable people or steer them away from appropriate medical advice. The Advertising Standards ...

PSA levels can be elevated for reasons other than cancer, such as an enlarged or inflamed prostate. False positive and false negative PSA test results are possible. The American Cancer Society does ...

News that former President Joseph Biden has advanced prostate cancer has revived long-standing questions about the benefits versus the harms of a blood test that screens for the most commonly ...

Prostate cancer screening should not be made routinely available for the vast majority of men in the UK, a committee advising the Government has said. In a draft recommendation, the UK National ...

Dec. 15, 2025 — For decades, when tests suggested that a man might have prostate cancer, the next step was usually a biopsy. The procedure, where a doctor uses a thin needle to collect prostate ...

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, ...

An informational website and a mobile testing van in Philadelphia are making it easier to learn about cancer and get tested. Hall of Fame running back Emmitt Smith will be hosting a series of short ...

The study's testing accurately identified prostate cancer 91% of the time and accurately ruled out men without prostate cancer 84% of the time. A urine-based biomarker panel may be a promising, ...

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 ...

Prostate cancer tests in the UK will only be offered to men with a specific cancer gene variant in a controversial decision that will put pressure on the government to overrule the advice. Targeted ...