September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, and health leaders are reminding men that early detection is the key to living ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Decision making is evidence based and must be shielded from lobbying The NHS draft recommendation against routine prostate ...
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Northeast Wisconsin doctors stress importance of early cancer screening
After becoming a patient himself following a recent cancer diagnosis, a local doctor said he wants to share his story to stress the importance of regular checkups. Doctor Dilip Tannan said he’s ...
An Alabama Senate bill advances to mandate insurance coverage for prostate cancer screenings, potentially improving early ...
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Prostate cancer screening: what you need to know
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 ...
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, with about 1-in-8 expected to be diagnosed in their lifetime.
Seven in 10 people now survive their cancer five years or more, up from only half in the mid-70s,” said Rebecca Siegel, ...
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 ...
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