Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 53-year-old healthy male, and I always request to check my PSA levels each year. My 57-year-old brother's new doctor denied his request for a routine PSA check on their initial ...

Prostate cancer screening is essential for early detection, especially in high-risk groups like men over 50, African Americans, and those with a family history. Routine screening, including PSA tests ...

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 ...

To help meet the potentially complex needs of patients after prostate cancer treatment and offer the precision and care ...

July 16, 2012 (UPDATED July 17, 2012) — Screening asymptomatic men for prostate cancer with the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test is worth doing, according to the American Society of Clinical ...

The University of Cambridge is developing a blood test that could detect a common cancer that kills 12,000 people each year.

Rates of prostate cancer in the United States dropped by 53% from 1992, when prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing was widely used, to 2013, the latest year for which data are available. The finding ...

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 ...