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2. Charity calls for change to prostate cancer testing guidelines

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   At the moment, doctors offer PSA tests to men with prostate cancer symptoms, but cannot proactively offer them to high-risk men with no symptoms, such as men over 50, black men and men with a ...

3. Prostate cancer screening - Wikipedia

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   The Prostate Health Index (PHI) is a PSA-based blood test for early prostate cancer screening. It may be used to determine when a biopsy is needed. [32] [46] Prostate cancer antigen 3 is a urine test that detects the overexpression of the PCA3 gene, an indicator of prostate cancer. [32] [46] [47] [44]

4. Active surveillance of prostate cancer - Wikipedia

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   In a separate study of men from the pre prostate cancer screening era managed with watchful waiting (56% over age 70 years), progression to distant metastasis or prostate cancer death was 13.9% and 12.3%, respectively for Gleason score 6 or below, but considerably higher at 18.2 and 22.7%, 30% and 20%, 44.4% and 55.6% for Gleason 3+4, 4+3, and ...

5. Cancer survival rates - Wikipedia

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   The National Institute of Health (NIH) attributes the increase in the 5-year relative survival of prostate cancer (from 69% in the 1970s to 100% in 2006) to screening and diagnosis and due to the fact that men that participate in screening tend to be healthier and live longer than the average man and testing techniques that are able to detect ...

6. Gleason grading system - Wikipedia

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   The Gleason grading system is used to help evaluate the prognosis of men with prostate cancer using samples from a prostate biopsy. Together with other parameters, it is incorporated into a strategy of prostate cancer staging which predicts prognosis and helps guide therapy. A Gleason score is given to prostate cancer based upon its microscopic ...

7. 'Inequities are still the major driver': Prostate cancer and ...

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   Prostate cancer in Petersburg: Disproportionate and disproportionately deadly One factor exacerbating Petersburg’s consistently low life expectancy is the disproportionately high rate of ...

8. 5 Science-Backed Ways to Live a Longer Life

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   Try these five simple habits in 2025 that can help increase your life span by years and improve the overall quality of your health as you age. 5 Science-Backed Ways to Live a Longer Life Skip to ...

9. Management of prostate cancer - Wikipedia

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   It is not clear if cryosurgery improves the quality of life and mortality from prostate cancer compared to radiation therapy. [15] Potential adverse effects associated with cryosurgery include urinary retention, incontinence, and pain in the perineal region, penis, or scrotum. [15] Impotence occurs up to ninety percent of the time.