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 antigen ...

A new at-home spit test for prostate cancer may be better than current blood tests, a new study shows. The simple saliva test has been developed by experts and works by analysing genetic variants in a ...

Jairam Eswara, MD, FACS, is a nationally recognized urology specialist and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He’s the Chair of the Department of Urology at Tufts Medical Center and an ...

September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. This month shines a light on an issue that affects millions of men and individuals assigned male at birth. Prostate cancer is the second most common ...

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, ...

Former President Joe Biden’s diagnosis of what his office called an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer on Sunday, May 18, is calling attention to a disease that is diagnosed in hundreds of thousands ...

Dec. 15, 2025 — For decades, when tests suggested that a man might have prostate cancer, the next step was usually a biopsy. The procedure, where a doctor uses a thin needle to collect prostate ...

Source: Getty Images Investigators analyzed exfoliated cells in urine specimens to identify 50 candidate RNAs for prostate cancer detection. Serum PSA testing is not specific to prostate cancer, and ...

A digital rectal exam (DRE) is a way to check for signs of prostate cancer. For this exam a physician inserts a gloved, lubricated finger into your rectum to: Feel your prostate gland Assess the ...