Employing MRI-targeted biopsy instead of systematic biopsy reduces overdiagnosis of low-grade prostate cancer by more than half, although diagnoses may be delayed among a small minority of patients ...

A widely used PSA threshold for recommending prostate biopsy (4.0 ng/mL) has remained unchanged over time despite some calls to lower the threshold, according to researchers. Steven B. Zeliadt, PhD, ...

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Credit: Thinkstock Investigators reported findings from the GÖTEBORG-2, a large, population-based randomized screening trial. Among men aged 50 to 60 years with elevated PSA, use of MRI-targeted ...

John Tesh was diagnosed with prostate cancer despite having a low PSA and given 18 months to live back in 2015. Now, 10 years ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 74-year-old male in relatively good health. The only prescribed medication I take is 5 mg of amlodipine daily. My issue is my PSA score. In 2004, I had a UTI, and the urologist ...

An increase of more than 0.75 ng/mL has also been considered as a cutoff to begin a more thorough workup. However, the PSA ...

Salvage radiotherapy (SR) in patients (pts) with prostate cancer (PC) and rising prostate specific antigen (PSA) after radical prostatectomy (RP): Results from a single-center study No significant ...

Former British Prime Minister David Cameron announced that he has early-stage prostate cancer, and called for more screenings ...

Dear Dr. Roach: A very healthy male friend in his upper 50s has to make a decision whether to accept or decline his very aggressive urologist’s decision to do a biopsy of his prostate. It seems that ...