prostate cancer

Nurse prepares a male patient for a blood donation

The pros and cons of PSA tests for prostate cancer for midlife and older men

3:16pm May 21, 2025

With Biden's prostate cancer in the news, men may be wondering whether and at what age to be screened. Advice about the value PSA tests has fluctuated. Here's what to know.

Scott Adams, cartoonist and author and creator of "Dilbert", poses for a portrait in his home office on Monday, January 6, 2014 in Pleasanton, Calif. Adams has published a new memoir "How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story

'Dilbert' creator Scott Adams says he's dying of 'the same cancer that Joe Biden has'

10:17am May 20, 2025

Adams said he expects "to be checking out from this domain sometime this summer." The controversial cartoonist, a vocal supporter of President Trump, expressed compassion for former President Biden.

The Inauguration Of Donald J. Trump As The 47th President

Biden's team refutes Trump's suggestion that Biden hid his cancer diagnosis

8:42pm May 19, 2025

Former President Joe Biden's last known prostate cancer screening test was in 2014, and he had never been diagnosed with prostate cancer until Friday, his office said.

President Biden Hosts Presidential Citizens Medal Ceremony

How treatable is prostate cancer? A doctor reacts to Biden's diagnosis

11:51am May 19, 2025

Prostate cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in the U.S., and often treatable. One urologist says Biden has good options ahead — largely thanks to recent advances in research.

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New studies highlight need for equity in prostate cancer research and screening

3:00pm June 07, 2023

by Neal Charnoff

Several North Carolina universities have recently published studies related to prostate cancer in different ethnic and racial groups.

"I was much less self-assured now that I was a patient myself," says neurosurgeon Henry Marsh. "I suddenly felt much less certain about how I'd been [as a doctor], how I'd handled patients, how I'd spoken to them."

After cancer diagnosis, a neurosurgeon sees life, death and his career in a new way

5:15pm January 30, 2023

by Terry Gross

Dr. Henry Marsh felt comfortable in hospitals — until he was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. "I was much less self-assured now that I was a patient myself," he says. His book is And Finally.

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It cost $38,398 for a single shot of a very old cancer drug

5:07am October 26, 2022

by Arthur Allen

Lupron, a drug patented half a century ago, treats advanced prostate cancer. It costs a few hundred dollars in the U.K. — so why are U.S. hospitals charging so much more to administer it?

A common blood test checks for elevated levels of prostate-specific antigens (PSA) in a man's blood, as an indicator that he may have prostate cancer.

Federal Task Force Softens Opposition To Routine Prostate Cancer Screening

2:01pm April 11, 2017

by Rob Stein

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force proposes each man decide with his doctor whether to undergo routine PSA testing, citing recent evidence of benefits and ways to minimize downsides of screening.

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Rep. Tom Price, President Trump's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, has criticized a task force of medical experts whose recommendations guide health screening and disease prevention.

HHS Nominee Tom Price Targeted Panel That Urged Fewer Cancer Screenings

8:24am February 01, 2017

by Marshall Allen

After an influential task force of experts said evidence didn't support some cancer screenings, it became the target of lawmakers, including Rep. Tom Price and others with health industry ties.

Testing for prostate cancer has declined after a recommendation in 2012 said it shouldn't be routine.

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Prostate Screening Drops Sharply, And So Do Cancer Cases

7:32pm November 17, 2015

by Rob Stein

A decrease in PSA testing came after a controversial recommendation against routine screening. As a result, many fewer cases of the most common cancer to hit men are being diagnosed, research finds.

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