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Focusing prostate cancer testing on men at highest risk of developing the disease is likely to improve the ratio between benefits and the harms of screening, suggests a paper published today in BMJ. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-deaths-prostate-cancer-age.html Cancer Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:30:01 EST news285353853 Men between the ages of 50 and 69 should discuss the limited benefits and substantial harms of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test with their doctor before undergoing screening for prostate cancer, according to new recommendations issued today by the American College of Physicians (ACP). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-american-college-physicians-prostate-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:00:01 EST news284659031 Men with an inherited genetic condition called Lynch syndrome face a higher lifetime risk of developing prostate cancer and appear to develop the disease at an earlier age, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-prostate-cancer-men-inherited-genetic.html Cancer Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:21:57 EST news284037708 (Medical Xpress)—The digital rectal exam is an important screening test that can discover prostate cancer that a prostate-specific antigen or PSA test may not, despite the higher sensitivity of the PSA test, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-digital-rectal-exam-important-prostate.html Cancer Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:48:46 EST news282829720 What's most important to a man as he decides whether or not to undergo prostate-specific antigen- PSA- screening for prostate cancer? What does he value most about the screening? And what's the best way to present the information to help him make an appropriate decision for himself? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-prostate-specific-antigen-screening-values-techniques.html Cancer Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:40:01 EST news279822719 For baby boomers, the peak interest in health issues comes at about age 51, with a second peak coming near age 65, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-early-50s-key-baby-boomers.html Health Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:50:39 EST news272199025 Targeting prostate cancer screening based on a man's age and genes could potentially save thousands of men from unnecessary treatment and save the NHS millions of pounds. The research is presented at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Liverpool today (Monday). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-personalised-prostate-cancer-screening-thousands.html Cancer Mon, 05 Nov 2012 08:00:01 EST news271324019 With active surveillance many men with prostate cancer could dispense with radiation treatment and surgery, and thus avoid adverse effects such as incontinence and impotence. This is the outcome of a study of almost 1,000 men diagnosed with prostate cancer conducted at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-surveillance-men-prostate-cancer.html Cancer Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:10:46 EST news271077003 It took Wayne Wentzel 14 years, multiple tissue biopsies and travel to four hospitals across multiple states to identify the underlying source of his rising prostate specific antigen (PSA) level. He finally found answers at the University of Cincinnati Cancer Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-advanced-imaging-prostate-cancer-faster.html Cancer Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:21:08 EST news268647661 Researchers have successfully developed and tested a new prostate cancer screening method that uses the combined power of a novel drug therapy and changes in PSA levels over time to identify men with a high PSA who are more likely to have aggressive prostate cancer despite negative biopsies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-doctors-hard-to-diagnose-prostate-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:00:01 EST news263661779 (HealthDay) -- It remains unclear whether the benefits of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing outweigh the harms, but evidence suggests that men with a longer life expectancy may benefit from testing, according to a provisional clinical opinion from the American Society of Clinical Oncology published online July 16 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-benefits-prostate-specific-antigen-unclear.html Cancer Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:20:01 EST news262003483 Healthy men shouldn't get routine prostate cancer screenings, says updated advice from a government panel that found the PSA blood tests do more harm than good. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-advice-panel-routine-prostate.html Cancer Mon, 21 May 2012 18:18:52 EST news256843126 Following a period for public comment, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released its final recommendation for prostate cancer screening. The Task Force now recommends against PSA-based screening for all men, regardless of age. The final recommendations are being published early online in the May 22 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, the flagship journal of the American College of Physicians (ACP). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-word-task-psa-based-screening-prostate.html Cancer Mon, 21 May 2012 17:00:01 EST news256823670 (HealthDay) -- Adding another perspective to one of the most controversial and confounding issues in medicine, a new European study reports that men who received routine prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests to check for signs of prostate cancer were 30 percent less likely to die from the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-psa-prostate-cancer-death.html Cancer Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:40:01 EST news250968082 Researchers in Family and Community Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University recently found that obesity was linked to higher rates of prostate cancer screening across all races/ethnic differences and lower rates of cervical cancer screening, most notably in white women. Their study on the role of obesity in cancer screening rates for prostate, cervical as well as breast and colorectal cancers across race/ethnicity and gender is examined in the current issue of the Journal of Obesity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-obesity-cancer-screening-gender-role.html Health Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:27:06 EST news245330814 There's new evidence that annual prostate cancer screening does not reduce deaths from the disease, even among men in their 50s and 60s and those with underlying health conditions, according to new research led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-mass-prostate-cancer-screening-doesnt.html Cancer Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:34:26 EST news245097253 Prostate cancer screening that combines an adjusted blood test with other factors including the size of the gland, the patient's overall weight and family history, can help up to one-quarter of men avoid biopsies and the risks associated with them, a Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center-led research team says. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-psa-combined-relevant-patient-unnecessary.html Cancer Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:04:23 EST news242571847 Since the National Cancer Institute developed the first guidelines on mammography screening over thirty years ago, advocacy and professional groups have developed guidelines focused on who should be screened, instead of communicating clearly the risks and benefits of screening, according to a commentary by Michael Edward Stefanek, Ph.D., the associate vice president of collaborative research in the office of the vice president at Indiana University, published online Nov. 21 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Stefanek writes that too much time has been spent debating guidelines, instead of ongoing debates about who should be screened. He advocates educating people about the potential harms and benefits of screening. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-cancer-screening-reform.html Cancer Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:00:02 EST news241102027 Contrary to common belief, men age 75 and older are diagnosed with late-stage and more aggressive prostate cancer and thus die from the disease more often than younger men, according to a University of Rochester analysis published online this week by the journal, Cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-age-big-factor-prostate-cancer.html Cancer Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:19:50 EST news238249182 Annual cancer tests are becoming a thing of the past. New guidelines out Wednesday for cervical cancer screening have experts at odds over some things, but they are united in the view that the common practice of getting a Pap test every year is too often and probably doing more harm than good. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-annual-cancer-screening-urged.html Cancer Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:00:01 EST news238213870 A new prostate screening test developed by AnalizaDx, Inc., a Cleveland-based biotech company, and studied by researchers at the Seidman Cancer Center at University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center along with colleagues at the Cleveland Clinic, the Veterans Administration Boston Healthcare and the National Cancer Institute, may prove to be a promising new tool in the diagnosis of prostate cancer. The study which will be published in the September issue of Urology found that this new screening test, the PSA/SIA assay, may be more sensitive in detecting prostate cancer than traditional screening methods. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-prostate-cancer-screening-diagnosis.html Cancer Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:57:15 EST news232624621