The accuracy of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening for prostate cancer can be improved by accounting for genetic factors that cause changes in PSA levels that are not associated with cancer, according to a multi-center ...
Jun 1, 2023
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Most high income countries, including the U.K., do not have a national prostate cancer screening program, but instead allow men without symptoms to get a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test if they wish, after talking to ...
May 17, 2023
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A common method of detecting prostate cancer may not be accurate enough as a reliable screening tool by itself, scientists have warned.
Mar 8, 2023
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According to a new, nationwide study led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS), millions of people in the United States continued to miss critical cancer screening tests during the second year of the COVID-19 ...
Feb 23, 2023
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Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in men with more than 34,000 deaths in the U.S. each year, according to the American Cancer Society. But guidelines for prostate cancer screening are continually ...
Jan 4, 2023
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In screening for prostate cancer, the risk of overdiagnosis can be halved, a University of Gothenburg study shows. With the proposed diagnostic pathway, considerably fewer harmless tumors are found. This solves a big problem ...
Dec 8, 2022
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An analysis in BJUI Compass found that the top 50 videos populated for the search term "prostate cancer screening" on both YouTube and TikTok do not provide quality consumer health information. There also was a lack of diversity: ...
Nov 9, 2022
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In the face of conflicting evidence over the risks and benefits of routine prostate cancer screenings, a large, longitudinal analysis found Veterans Health Administration (VA) medical centers with lower prostate screening ...
Oct 24, 2022
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I am 62 and recently had a physical. My doctor suggested that I should be screened for lung cancer. I used to smoke a pack of cigarettes a day but quit about a decade ago. I've not had any problems, so I'm wondering if this ...
Sep 7, 2022
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Men with early, curable stages of prostate cancer are missing opportunities to have their cancer detected because national guidelines and media health campaigns focus on urinary symptoms despite a lack of scientific evidence, ...
Aug 3, 2022
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