Mar. 23 -- FRIDAY, June 1 (HealthDay News) -- A protein that is used as a marker of heart disease may also predict survival odds and response to chemotherapy for men with advanced prostate cancer.

A glowing marker dye that sticks to prostate cancer cells could help surgeons to remove them in real-time, according to a study funded by Cancer Research UK. Cancer Research UK-funded scientists, ...

Scientists have taken a first step toward improving those problematic PSA tests for prostate cancer, by mixing in some genetic information that might help tell which men really need a biopsy. The ...

Tumor markers are substances that can often be detected in higher-than-normal amounts in the blood, urine, or body tissues of some patients with certain types of cancer. Tumor markers are produced ...

NEW YORK -- Scientists have identified a common genetic marker that signals a 60 percent heightened risk of prostate cancer in men who carry it, and it may help explain why black men are unusually ...

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Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men. In the August 23 Nature, Saravana Dhanasekaran and colleagues from the University of Michigan Medical School describe the use of cDNA ...

I had gone to my local GP surgery the previous day for a routine five-year health check and now my doctor wanted to know if I could pop back in to discuss the results. Sure, I said, when can you fit ...

The most common symptoms of prostate cancer are needing to urinate more often and straining to pee. Men may also feel as though their bladder has not fully emptied. These symptoms are common and do ...