A single invitation for a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening test results in a small but significant reduction in prostate cancer deaths, but also leads to overdiagnosis and missed early ...

About one third of cancers detected by PSA screening at age 70, and more than half at age 80, are unlikely to become clinically meaningful within 15 years.

Long-term results from a European study showed that prostate cancer mortality was 13% lower in the PSA screening group versus the control group. Compared with the trial update at 16 years, the number ...

A European study has demonstrated a sustained long-term reduction in prostate cancer mortality through prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening. However, the findings also highlight the issue of ...

SAN FRANCISCO—Offering PSA testing for free is associated with a reduction in prostate cancer mortality, according to an Austrian study. The study, presented at the American Urological Association ...

This is a large-scale, population-based, observational study of two screening strategies: annual PSA screening and no screening. We used data from 537,599 US Medicare (2001-2008) beneficiaries age ...

About The Study: A single invitation for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening compared with standard practice without routine screening reduced prostate cancer deaths at a median follow-up of 15 ...

PSA blood test A study of 400,887 men in an integrated health system, the first to evaluate various PSA screening intervals and age groups, concluded that yearly screening is the interval of choice.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PSA screening appeared associated with lower prostate cancer-specific mortality among both black men and ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

A sustained reduction in deaths from prostate cancer was observed with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing in long-term follow-up results from the European Randomized Study of Screening for ...