Adrie van Bokhoven, PhD The PCA3 assay could be particularly useful in finding prostate cancer sooner in African Americans. DENVER – The PCA3 urine test may improve early detection of prostate cancer, ...

In the European Randomised Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) trial, PCA3 was assessed as a first line-screening test. 40 While the positive predictive values of a PCA3 score of 10 or ...

Prostate cancer metastasis, the noncanonical Wnt pathway, and the transcription factor PITX2. Background: Several studies using APTIMA PSA assay have demonstrated that PCA3 score is superior to serum ...

Test aims to help clinicians decide whether patients who test negative will need further biopsy procedures. FDA approved Gen-Probe’s Progensa® PCA3 (Prostate Cancer gene 3) assay, which the firm ...

When 54-year-old Jeff Rolf went in for his annual physical three years ago, he did not expect to come away with news of an abnormal PSA level and, eventually, a prostate cancer diagnosis. But the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A urine test can help doctors better spot prostate cancer than either the current blood test or a rectal exam alone, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. They said Gen-Probe's ...

Arnhem, 16 October 2008 – Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most common male cancers in the Western world. Currently, early detection of PCa depends on an abnormal digital rectal examination and an ...

An experimental biomarker test developed by researchers at the University of Michigan more accurately detects prostate cancer than any other screening method currently in use, according to a study ...

To check for possible prostate cancer, physicians most often use prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests and digital rectal exams (DREs). For a firm diagnosis, they use core needle biopsies. This page ...

WASHINGTON, June 1 (Reuters) - A urine test can help doctors better spot prostate cancer than either the current blood test or a rectal exam alone, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. They said ...