Ernie Strauss and Ronald Wakefield, who met through the patient navigation program of Northside Hospital, have built a ...
A University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center study reveals how prostate cancer cells adapt their metabolism to thrive in bone tissue, offering a potential new treatment target for patients with ...
A prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test is a blood test that measures a protein released in the blood by prostate cells. Both normal and cancerous prostate cells release the protein. Most of the time, ...
Staging means finding out how far prostate cancer has spread in your body. Physicians group prostate cancers into stages I (1) through IV (4), with stage I being the least advanced and stage IV being ...
Focal therapy now helping in the fight against prostate cancer With focal therapy, doctors are now able to destroy cancer cells without damaging the surrounding nerves and tissue. In today’s ...
The FDA has approved a novel diagnostic for prostate cancer that looks to improve upon the common screener for prostate-specific antigen, known as a PSA test. The IsoPSA blood test, developed by ...
University of Westminster provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. A roster of high profile advocates, including sportsmen, actors, two previous prime ministers and over 100 MPs, have ...
Here’s a PSA about PSA—meaning a public service announcement about prostate specific antigen. Although checking the PSA levels in your blood is a routine way of screening for prostate cancer, just ...
The European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) was initiated in 1993 to assess the effect of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing on prostate cancer mortality. Because ...
People with diabetes may experience changes in their urinary and digestive health, and research shows there may be different effects on the body impacting the development of prostate cancer. Diabetes ...
A new drug combination to treat advanced recurring prostate cancer has shown remarkable results in a long-term trial, lowering the risk of death after eight years by 40.3%. What's more, the drug ...
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