Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer among men in England, with cases surging by 25 per cent between 2019 and 2023, according to NHS data. It’s also the second-deadliest form of the ...
PSA stands for prostate-specific antigen, a substance naturally produced in prostate tissue. A small amount of PSA regularly sneaks into the bloodstream, and low blood concentration is considered ...
The Stockholm3 blood test, developed by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, is equally effective at detecting prostate cancer in different ethnic groups, a new paper published in The ...
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What is a PSA test and how is it used?

In this two-part series, we'll describe the PSA test-- how it's used, and how doctors perform next steps in the event of an ...
The largest study to date investigating a single invitation to a PSA blood test* to screen for prostate cancer has found it had a small impact on reducing deaths, but also led to overdiagnosis and ...
Millions of men in the United States have had the blood test called PSA, which can detect prostate cancer early. No one knows whether getting the test reduces a man's chances of dying of the disease.