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 ...

(The Hill) — Former President Joe Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis is highlighting the importance of screening for one of the most common types of cancer in older men. Biden’s aggressive cancer ...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Veracyte, Inc (VCYT). (Nasdaq: VCYT), a leading cancer diagnostics company, today announced that its market-leading Decipher Prostate Genomic Classifier ...

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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 ...

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 received his last known blood test to check for prostate cancer in 2014, a spokesperson said Tuesday — two days after Biden revealed he has an aggressive form of prostate ...

While the benefits of screening tests for cervical cancer, breast cancer, and colorectal cancer are widely accepted, screening for prostate cancer remains controversial to some. The main screening ...

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

Patients with prostate cancer receiving hormone therapy reported greater perceived cognitive difficulties, but cognitive tests found "no conclusive evidence of a decline," a new meta-analysis found.