When a prostate-specific antigen blood test produces an abnormal result, the next step is usually a prostate biopsy. In April, researchers at the University of Michigan published results with a test ...

Hoy is advocating for men to ask for the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test, which can help diagnose prostate problems, including cancer. A physical prostate exam is also commonly used to help ...

A new type of blood test is ... loss and blood in urine and semen. However, there are often no symptoms. Despite this the UK does not have a national screening programme for prostate cancer ...

Research opens the door to developing a new type of detection ... 600 patients with and without prostate cancer, to evaluate the usefulness of a bacterial urine test. This allowed them to identify ...

A large new trial is testing whether MRI scans ... "Traditionally, we have used a blood test looking for raised levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and then carried out a biopsy which ...

The discovery might provide new ways to spot and even ... than 600 patients with and without prostate cancer, to assess how useful the urine bacterial test was. They identified five types of ...

There are several signs that could point to prostate cancer. People affected might notice that they're going to the bathroom ...

Men should go every year starting at about age 50, for a complete exam which should include a prostate exam, a urine check and a PSA blood test. If they're in a high-risk category, if they have a ...

For all the patients, before transrectal ultrasound needle-guided biopsy of the prostate, an "attentive" (approximately 30 s) DRE was performed, and the first 50 ml of voided urine was collected.