A Stanford medical student uses images from pathology to tell a story about the medical ethics of screening for prostate cancer.
Category: Prostate Cancer
Understanding PSA testing: A Q&A
PSA testing is an important tool to spot prostate cancer, but it remains a bit confusing. Stanford urologist James Brooks clarifies some misconceptions.
Prostate-imaging camera captures molecular detail to detect cancer
A team of Stanford scientists have devised a new imaging technology that harnesses ultrasound and photoacoustics to detect prostate cancer earlier.
Pioneering immunotherapy drug gets new testing for early prostate cancer
Pioneering immunotherapy drug Provenge is enjoying a revival, thanks to a large new clinical trial that will test it in men with early prostate cancer.
Some men should consider prostate cancer screening, Task Force believes
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is now recommending that men aged 55 to 69 should talk with their doctors about prostate-specific antigen screening.
Commonly used drugs can affect PSA measurement
The prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test has become a first-resort workhorse for determining whether a male patient needs to be biopsied for prostate cancer. Simply put, …