In a randomized trial of prostate cancer screening methods, a blood-based diagnostic test and MRI with subsequent targeted plus systematic prostate biopsies outperformed the standard approach of ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt is a urologist and robotic surgeon with Orlando Health and an assistant professor at the University of Central Florida’s College of Medicine. When I learned that ...

As reports surface that the UK’s national screening committee are set to reject proposals for any national prostate screening programme, experts warn that the decision, if followed through with, puts ...

Here’s a number that should make you uncomfortable: Black men are 67% more likely to develop prostate cancer than white men. But wait, it gets worse. They’re also twice as likely to die from it. If ...

The UK National Screening Committee (NSC) has advised against universal prostate cancer screening, saying routine testing is “likely to cause more harm than good.” However, it proposed targeted ...

Angus Chen covers all issues broadly related to cancer including drugs, policy, science, and equity. He joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at NPR and NPR affiliate stations. His ...

Prostate cancer screening should not be made available to the vast majority of men in the UK, a committee advising the government has said. In a draft recommendation, the UK National Screening ...