BEFORE MAKING A DECISION to have a PSA test it is important to first and foremost understand what is the PSA test, why it is done and the advantages and disadvantages of doing such. PSA (prostate ...

The federal panel that sets national guidelines for cancer screening is urging Canada's doctors to abandon the PSA test, a simple and widely used blood test that helps catch prostate cancer early but ...

Refresh your knowledge of what healthcare professionals can do to support the timely recognition and referral of people with suspected prostate cancer. The PSA test is a blood test that measures the ...

The PSA test is often paired with a digital rectal exam (DRE), where a doctor inserts their finger into the rectum to feel ...

Rocco Rossi is president and CEO of Prostate Cancer Canada. The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care released guidelines Monday recommending against using the prostate specific antigen (PSA) ...

Screening with the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test can detect early-stage prostate cancer while it’s still asymptomatic.

A nurse hovers over 46-year-old Allan Martin, instructing him to make a fist, before drawing blood from his left arm. "It's about time I got checked again.… I haven't had it done for four years," he ...

The PSA test for prostate cancer is surprisingly controversial. Many experts, in fact, now recommend against the test for most men, saying that the cancers it detects are often relatively harmless ...

When the Ontario government tabled its 2008 budget, it set aside money to pay for a test that helps in the early diagnosis of prostate cancer. Ontario becomes the seventh province to pay for the ...

September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to lead to unacceptable morbidity and mortality rates in the Bahamas. Approximately 100 men die every year in the Bahamas ...