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2. Prostate cancer screening - Wikipedia

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   Prostate cancer screening is the screening process used to detect undiagnosed prostate cancer in men without signs or symptoms. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] When abnormal prostate tissue or cancer is found early, it may be easier to treat and cure, but it is unclear if early detection reduces mortality rates.

3. Doctors Explain What Prostate Cancer Screenings Involve

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   Prostate cancer screening typically involves a blood test to detect levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA). ... “I favor the MRI, just to pick up any aggressive lesions,” he explains ...

4. MRI changes could speed-up prostate cancer diagnosis - AOL

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   Dr Hayley Luxton, senior research impact manager at Prostate Cancer UK, said: “Multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) scans have transformed how we diagnose prostate cancer, giving men a more accurate ...

5. Cutting length of prostate MRI by a third could help ... - AOL

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   Over a follow-up period of 15 years, the team found almost seven in 1,000 of the patients invited for screening died from prostate cancer compared to almost eight in 1,000 in the other group.

6. Cancer screening - Wikipedia

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   When PSA screening began in the 1980s, cases of prostate cancer rose by 26% between 1986-2005, with the most affected age group being men under the age of 50. [37] Prostate cancer is a heterogeneous disease, and the cancer will grow aggressively in approximately 1 in 3 cases. Therefore there is a risk of overdiagnosing and overtreating, this ...

7. Prostate cancer - Wikipedia

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   Prostate cancer is a major topic of ongoing research. From 2016–2020, over $1.26 billion was invested in prostate cancer research, representing around 5% of global cancer research funds. [122] This places prostate cancer 10th among 18 common cancer types in funding per cancer death, and 9th in funding per disability-adjusted life year lost. [123]