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Two initial tests are commonly used to look forprostate cancerin the absence of any symptoms. One is thedigital rectal exam, in which a doctor feels the prostate through the rectum to find hard or lumpy areas known as nodules. The other is abloodtest used to detect a substance made by t...
More than 33,000 American men die of prostate cancer each year. And, every year, 20 million get the PSA test to detect the disease early. The recommendation is already causing a lot of criticism. Dr. Jon LaPook reported on the issue. For 20 years, the message has been the same: Get...
New Technology Improves Prostate Cancer Detection CHICAGO (CBS) --Doctors at a Chicago hospital have recently started using new technology to more accurately detect possible problem areas on men's prostates. The new technology is being used at Rush University Medical Center and involves the use of ...
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While proponents of the standard blood test used to detect signs of prostate cancer -- called the prostate-specific antigen, or PSA test -- maintain that it has saved thousands of lives, researchers in the Netherlands suggest that many men who are diagnosed with prostate cancermay have been be...
Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) Testing – A well-known indicator of early pregnancy, hCG is also produced by some cancer cells and is considered a tumor marker, helping to detect germ cell cancers in men and non-pregnant women. Germ cell cancers are tumors that develop from an egg or ...
A pair of experimental tests could help doctors detect colon or prostate cancer with just a sample of blood or saliva.
aChest X-ray can be used to detect whether or not cancer has spread to lungs. Ultrasound tests can be used to look for the effects of a urinary blockage on the kidneys.This study can also be used to assess the bladder for any sign of urinary obstruction due to prostate enlargement by ...
The FDA based its approval on a clinical trial involving nearly 8,000 people, which found that the test detectedcolon cancerin more than 83% of people with acolorectaltumor. However, the test only was able to detectprecancerouscolon polypsin about 13% of people. ...