PSA

In a study that included more than 4,700 African American men diagnosed with prostate cancer, those who had an average of three PSA screening tests before their diagnosis were less likely have had the cancer spread and were less like to die of the cancer. “These results would suggest that increased PSA screening may improve …

Increased PSA screening linked to 25% fewer deaths from prostate cancer in Black men Read More »

African American men start PSA screening at age 45

The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) does not recommend PSA testing of men. Instead, it says that whether to test should be an individual decision based on a physician-clinician discussion of the potential benefits and risks. Three researchers maintain that this stance is based on a misunderstanding of the data from two pivotal screening …

Researchers say downplaying PSA tests is based on misintepretation of two key studies Read More »

Black men are more likely to develop fast-growing prostate cancers and more likely to have the cancer spread by the time the disease would have been detected without screening than in other men. That’s the result of an analysis of government cancer data by researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. That …

Should Black men have first PSA test 3 to 9 years earlier than White men? Read More »