The prospect of diagnosing cancer through painless methods—such as a simple AI-assisted blood or urine test that detects tiny ...

The tests have not been approved by federal regulators, but that hasn’t stopped patients from wanting them — and doctors from worrying.

For years, it has been one of the most tantalizing ideas in medicine: One day, a simple blood test will detect nascent cancers - allowing doctors to intervene when tumors may be easier to treat. A ...

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 ...

A new blood test may help catch cancer much earlier. Researchers say it could one day make routine screening far more ...

Michael Eisenstein is a freelance writer based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Many cancers, however, pose challenges for large-scale screening programmes because they are either rare or occur in ...

In an effort to combat the prevalence of cervical cancer in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration has approved the first ever at-home cervical cancer screening kit. On Friday, May 9, ...

After a prenatal test revealed that she had cancer, Dr. Sara Teichholtz (shown here with her 4-year-old son) was treated at MSK for cholangiocarcinoma. Nearly three years later, she has no ...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends colorectal cancer screening for all adults starting at age 45. After age 75, the task force recommends talking with your health care team to decide ...

Investigators analyzed exfoliated cells in urine specimens to identify 50 candidate RNAs for prostate cancer detection.