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• New Test Checks for Prostate Cancer Return

Researchers say they have developed a highly sensitive prostate specific antigen (PSA) test that may identify prostate cancer patients who are likely to relapse after treatment....

• Gene Test for Prostate Cancer in the Works

Researchers are a step closer to developing a genetic test that could help men with newly diagnosed prostate cancer decide whether they are good candidates for active surveillance or whether they need treatment right away....

• Urine Test May Help Predict Prostate Cancer

A painless urine test could soon help doctors tell when a high prostate specific antigen (PSA) level means a dangerous cancer or when it’s a sign of a more benign condition that may not need further treatment, a new study shows....

• PSA Test May Help Check for Breast Cancer

The blood test widely used to detect prostate cancer may prove to be a useful diagnostic tool for breast cancer, a study shows....

• New Debate on PSA Test for Prostate Cancer

Men with a PSA (prostate-specific antigen) level of less than 1 nanogram per liter of blood can safely wait up to eight years between PSA screenings, researchers say....

• Test May Cut Unneeded Prostate Biopsies

An experimental urine test accurately predicts whether a biopsy will reveal prostate cancer....

• Blood Test May Spot Early Colon Cancer

A simple blood test may help identify colon cancer early when it is in its most treatable stages....

• Aspirin May Prevent Prostate Cancer Recurrence

The use of anti-clotting drugs, including aspirin, appears to lower the odds that cancer will recur in men undergoing radiation treatment for prostate cancer, researchers report....

• New Prostate Treatment Can Help Retain Sexual Function

Cancer is the largest reason for death around the world and prostate cancer is the second leading killer of men in the United States. It is a serious illness experienced usually when men are of a mature age, however men of any age can be diagnosed with the disease. According to current statistics, prostate cancer caused over 200 thousand men in the US to suffer and 28,372 to die in 2006....

• Is Early Balding Linked to Prostate Cancer?

Men who start to go bald by age 20 may have an increased risk for developing prostate cancer later in life, a study suggests....

• PSA Test Cuts Prostate-Cancer Deaths — At a Cost

In contrast to the U.S. study, Europe's study of PSA screening finds the test cuts prostate cancer deaths by 21% after 11 years....

• Study: Radioactive Seeds Beat Out Other Prostate Cancer Treatments

For most men with prostate cancer, having radioactive seeds implanted in the prostate is associated with fewer serious side effects than either surgery to remove the prostate or having a beam of high-energy radiation aimed directly at the cancer, researchers say....

• Blood Test May Spot Inherited Ovarian Cancer

Nearly one in four ovarian cancers are inherited, say researchers who are developing a gene-based blood test to identify women with these hereditary cancers....

• PSA Tests for Prostate Cancer May Not Save Lives

Men not at high risk of prostate cancer do not benefit -- and may suffer harm -- from routine PSA tests. A single PSA test at age 60 may be enough for most men....

• Aggressive Treatment for Prostate Cancer Is the Norm

More than 75% of men diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer undergo aggressive treatment -- either complete removal of the prostate or radiation therapy, according to a new study....

• Is Prostate Cancer Overtreated?

The majority of men with prostate cancer can be spared from anti-hormone therapy -- and all of its side effects, including impotence, hot flashes, and liver problems, researchers say....

• Survival Improves for Prostate Cancer

Older men with early prostate cancer are far more likely to survive their disease without surgery or radiation today than they were just a few decades ago, a new study shows....

• Tumor-Melting Virus vs. Prostate Cancer

Reovirus is harmless to normal cells -- but it destroys many kinds of cancer cells. A new study in patients with prostate cancer takes the virus closer to being a new cancer treatment....

• Combination Therapy May Treat Prostate Cancer

For some men with early-stage prostate cancer, adding short-term hormone treatment to radiation therapy improves their chances of survival, according to a new study....

• Blood Test for Lung Cancer in the Works

A blood test under study to help diagnose lung cancer looks promising, researchers reported at a cancer meeting in California....

• Aspirin May Cut Prostate Cancer Deaths

Aspirin, already linked in some studies to a lower risk of developing colon cancer, may also cut the risk of dying of prostate cancer by more than half, a large study suggests....

• Dogs Sniff Out Prostate Cancer

Dogs may be able to sniff out the smell of chemicals released into urine by prostate tumors, setting the stage for a new means of early prostate cancer detection....

• Prostate Cancer Drug Zytiga May Extend Life

The newly approved prostate cancer pill Zytiga (abiraterone acetate) may extend life by up to four months among men with spreading cancer who have already been treated with chemotherapy, a study shows....

• New Type of Prostate Cancer Pill Extends Lives

An experimental pill that works differently than other prostate cancer drugs extended the lives of men with spreading cancer by an average of nearly five months....

• Exercise Cuts Prostate Cancer Death Risk

Men diagnosed with prostate cancer may be able to reduce their risk of death not just from prostate cancer but from any cause by exercising vigorously for at least three hours per week, new research indicates....

• Obesity May Raise Risk of Prostate Cancer Spread

Obesity and prostate cancer may be a bad combination, new research suggests. The risk of the cancer spreading is more likely in both obese and overweight men, researchers found....

• PSA Tests Cut Risk of Prostate Cancer Spread

Routine PSA testing substantially lowers the chance that prostate cancer will spread to other parts of the body, researchers report....

• FDA OKs New Drug for Advanced Prostate Cancer

A new treatment for advanced prostate cancer that hasn't responded to other treatments has been approved by the FDA....