Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in American men. About 1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime, and the risk varies depending on age and race.

Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer—but early screening can save lives. A survivor’s story and expert insight show why ...

Prostate-cancer screening based on prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in the blood was introduced—and readily adopted—in the United States around the late 1980s. But this screening method, in ...

Fear of discomfort and unnecessary treatment often deters patients from prostate cancer screening, despite the benefits of early detection. Prostate cancer can be asymptomatic, making early detection ...

April is National Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Month. According to the American Lung Association, a new statewide ...

Carter-Bawa is a behavioral scientist and director of the Cancer Prevention Precision Control Institute at the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery & Innovation. For years, federal policymakers ...

Too often, health care providers decide that older adults may “age out” of some cancer screening tests. This might be ...

The NHS will not be automatically inviting all men above a certain age to check for prostate cancer, unlike the approach for some other cancers. The UK National Screening Committee has suggested that ...