SCREENING men for prostate cancer could slash deaths by 13 per cent, saving thousands of lives a year, a study suggests.

The prostate is a gland that is about the size of a walnut which sits just below the bladder within the pelvis. It surrounds the urethra - the tube that takes urine out of the body through the penis.

So when my husband, Andrew, volunteered to undergo private screening as part of our campaign coverage, my curiosity was largely about seeing a system in action. At 51, with no urinary symptoms and no ...

Prostate cancer is still among the most prevalent cancers of men globally, but timely detection is everything. Over recent years, medical professionals have been emphasizing the key role of a simple ...

Prostate specific antigen screening reduces the risk of death from prostate cancer by 13%, one of the largest randomised ...

“The latest results show that PSA screening in this trial prevented 22 prostate cancer deaths per 10,000 men screened, compared to 14 deaths in the previous analysis. It also shows that the harms of ...

Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in the UK, according to Prostate Cancer UK. Cancer Research UK says prostate cancer is the second-most common cause of cancer death in men, accounting ...

Waverly Willis was out shopping with his daughter one day when he was blindsided—by a hug. A big, tearful, holding-on-for-dear-life hug, the kind that's usually reserved for long-distance airport ...

WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Joe Biden had not received a test for prostate cancer, known as a PSA, for more than a decade before he was diagnosed with an advanced form of the ...