Medicare covers one annual prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test for people with prostates if they meet the eligibility guidelines and the test is medically necessary. Medicare typically covers one ...

Male reproductive health experts have cautioned men against relying solely on Prostate-Specific Antigen tests to detect prostate cancer, stressing that the blood test, though helpful, could sometimes ...

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, with about 1-in-8 expected to be diagnosed in their lifetime.

A single round of prostate cancer screening that included a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, a kallikrein panel, and an MRI detected one additional high-grade cancer per 196 men and one low-grade ...

To check for possible prostate cancer, physicians most often use prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests and digital rectal exams (DREs). For a firm diagnosis, they use core needle biopsies. This page ...

Prostate biopsies based on PSA changes are largely unnecessary, researchers say. Feb. 25, 2010— -- If prostate biopsies were based only on the rate of change in PSA level over time, the number of ...

A simple blood test every five years is sufficient to screen low risk men for prostate cancer, new research has shown. The PSA blood test checks the level of prostate-specific antigen, a marker for ...