Many men are familiar with the routine: During your annual exam, your doctor slips on a glove and feels your prostate. The goal is to check this walnut-sized organ for lumps, hard spots, and other ...

If you're a man over age 55, you may have already had a PSA, or prostate-specific antigen test. This test screens for prostate cancer by measuring the amount of a protein in your bloodstream released ...

After surgical removal of the prostate to treat prostate cancer, clinicians monitor prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels.

Prostate cancer was found in 23% of men whose initially abnormal PSA levels fell to below 4 ng/mL. Men whose PSA levels rise above 4 ng/mL—a commonly used threshold for prostate biopsy—but then ...

Biochemical recurrence is when your PSA level starts to rise after finishing prostate cancer treatment, and it may sometimes indicate metastatic disease. Biochemical recurrence is a term for when your ...

PSA concentrations are higher in men who engage in more sedentary behavior and lower levels of light physical activity, a study found. In an analysis of data from the 2003-2004 or 2005-2006 National ...

The prostate is a small organ that sits under the bladder in men, and provides a nourishing fluid that helps transport sperm. It often enlarges as men age, most commonly as benign tissue growth — ...

− Post-hoc analysis from Blue Earth Diagnostics’ Phase 3 SPOTLIGHT trial provides data about treatment planning, particularly when curative salvage therapy is considered – MONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J. & ...

Some healthcare professionals recommend that men be offered screenings after age 50, and even earlier for men at higher risk because of their race or family history. The term “offered” is used because ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . At any given PSA level, Black men are more likely than white men to harbor prostate cancer, according to ...