There are several strategies for the early detection of prostate cancer. The first step is often a blood test for prostate-specific antigen (PSA). If PSA levels exceed a certain threshold, the next ...

A team of researchers in Australia and New Zealand has found that MRI scans can detect prostate cancer more accurately than the newer, prostate-specific -PSMA PET/CT scanning technique. The findings ...

MRI-invisible prostate lesions. It sounds like the stuff of science fiction and fantasy, a creation from the minds of H.G. Wells, who wrote The Invisible Man, or J.K. Rowling, who authored the Harry ...

There is both good news and bad news about prostate cancer screening. First, the bad news: the blood test involved, which measures a compound called prostate-specific antigen (PSA), is too inaccurate.

Nearly 67% of men with MRI-detected lesions and more than half of those with clinically significant prostate cancer had a PSA level less than 3 ng/mL, investigators reported. Using magnetic resonance ...

Using MRI scans in screening for prostate cancer could detect tumours missed by prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood testing alone, according to a major new study from University College London (UCL) ...

“For example, a pro of the PSA test is that it can lead to early detection of prostate cancer, and a con is that it can ...

Of all the health conditions facing men as they get older, there is no doubt that prostate cancer is the most widely ...

A prostate screening test can help to detect early signs of prostate cancer.