Prostate cancer screening
Should you screen?
- PSA -- Old controversies, new results
- Video: Recent studies on PSA testing provide more evidence of little to no benefits
- Video: Prostate cancer screening not recommended in men over age 75
- Task force says no to PSA screening for older men
- When to test for prostate cancer: A conversation with the principal investigator of the ERSPC
Biomarkers and screening
Your prostate exam
- Interactive guide: Understanding PSA
- Digital rectal exam
- PSA test
- Newer screening tests
- Ultrasound
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Biopsy
To read summaries of the latest research on prostate cancer screening, visit Prostate news.
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