ATLANTA - Each year, millions of American men get a blood test known as a PSA, or prostate-specific antigen, test as part of their yearly checkup. PSA is a protein produced by the prostate gland. If a ...

Early diagnosis is pivotal to the treatment of all cancers, but some reveal their machinations far earlier than others. Prostate cancer is unfortunately one that might not show itself until in its ...

A simple urine test could detect pancreatic and prostate cancer with up to a 99% rate of accuracy, says a team of researchers from the Surface & Nano Materials Division of the Korea Institute of ...

The next frontier in cancer detection could be the humble urine test. Emerging science suggests that the body's "liquid gold" could be particularly useful for liquid biopsies, offering a convenient, ...

A new urine test could spare bladder cancer survivors from a painful follow-up procedure needed to ensure their cancer hasn't come back, researchers report. People who've gotten surgery for high-risk ...

While a brain tumor might reveal itself through symptoms such as irregular headaches, nausea or impaired speech, often these symptoms don't appear until the disease is well advanced. This makes early ...

Researchers have found that proteins in urine could be used in a take-home dengue test kit to determine infection and predict ...

Scientists have completed large-scale tests on a new type of five-minute urine test that measures the health of a person's diet, and produces an individual's unique urine 'fingerprint'. Scientists ...

A new home urine test for prostate cancer could revolutionize diagnosis -- according to new research. As well as diagnosing aggressive prostate cancer, the test predicts whether patients will require ...