Psa: - A test for anyone's belief - Regular readers will know that the PSA (prostate specific antigen) test is one of the most useless in the whole armoury of medical procedures. It's,...

PSA: is this a test that has had its day? - PSA: is this a test that has had its day? The prostate specific antigen (PSA) blood test fails to recognise eight out of every 10 cases of prostate ca...

Psa screening more likely to result in death - PSA (prostate specific antigen) screening may be unable to detect prostate cancer, some scientists believe. More men who were screened died from pros...

When aggressive treatment isn't necessary - How you treat prostate cancer should depend on two factors: your age and the stage of the disease. If you are over 70, and found to have prostate can...

Prostate cancer - Q:My husband, who is 63, was told several months ago that he had prostate cancer. I am giving my husband various homeopathic remedies. We have been...

Death rate plunge: not from screening - Health officials who have been congratulating their extensive mammogram screening programmes as the reason for the sudden drop in breast cancer deaths...

Prostate Cancer - The most common cancer in elderly men, prostate cancer depends on male hormones called androgens, particularly testosterone. The usual management of e...

Drugs for prostate cancer - What to do instead - While factors such as race and family history make certain groups more vulnerable to prostate cancer, age is the biggest risk indicator across the boa...