“Elevated PSA blood test means there is some abnormality, the most concerning of which is prostate cancer,” he says. ... Grade Groups range from 1, or likely to grow and spread slowly, ...

Small amounts of PSA are detectable in the blood of males and a serum PSA level below 4 ng/mL is considered normal. However, a PSA level between 4 and 10 ng/mL is considered suspicious and may ...

Every year, there are nearly 175,000 new cases of prostate cancer in the U.S. according to the American Cancer Society. Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among men in the U.S ...

It's natural to have questions about a prostate exam. Here, a Tufts University chair of urology gently walks you through the experience.

A simple PSA test, taken at a public screening event, revealed advanced prostate cancer in 64-year-old Dave Bowen from ...

The Stockholm3 multivariable blood test demonstrated superior specificity of prostate cancer detection across a diverse population compared with PSA screening, according to findings presented at ...

The study found that 15 percent of men with a “normal” reading on the PSA blood test had prostate cancer and that the disease was life threatening in 2 percent of the men. “There are many ...

WASHINGTON — A rising PSA level isn't such a good predictor of prostate cancer after all and can lead to many unnecessary biopsies, says a large new study. Most men over 50 get PSA blood tests ...

Screening with PSA blood tests can lead to unnecessary treatment with side effects that affect quality of life. Guidelines recommend against PSA screening for men 70 and older.

THIS YEAR, IT’S estimated that nearly 300,000 new prostate cancer cases will be diagnosed. While there’s no single test to detect prostate cancer, doctors commonly use the prostate-specific ...