MEN have been warned against relying on at-home prostate tests, as they could give inconsistent or misleading results. The ...

The firm said that its MyProstateScore 2.0 test delivers equivalent performance with samples collected at home or collected following digital rectal examination.

MPS2 provides meaningful improvement in detection of grade group ≥2 cancer relative to PSA-based testing approaches.

A new at-home urine test for prostate cancer developed by Michigan researchers aims to encourage more men to undergo ...

One area where this transformation is particularly evident is prostate cancer screening. For decades, the Digital Rectal Exam (DRE) has been a fundamental component of prostate cancer detection.

Serious causes of rectal pressure are less common and include diverticulitis, rectal prolapse, and anal cancer. Pressure in the rectum can feel like a need to move your bowels. It can also feel like ...

A rectal spacer is a gel that doctors inject between the prostate and rectum before radiation therapy to specifically target and reduce side effects of the treatment such as bladder leakage and rectal ...

Back in the day, it’s true… doctors testing for the disease were likely to pop on a bright blue surgical glove and perform a rectal exam, to check for any enlargement up there. But those days ...

NSE IT, an arm of the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE), has announced the successful closure of the sale of its digital exam assessment (DEX) business to CL Educate. DEX is the second-largest ...

The Gleason score is 6 with a grade of 1. A digital rectal exam (DRE) or ultrasound will not reveal a tumor. However, routine screening can detect cancer at this stage, making early treatment ...

In a 2024 study, Tosoian and colleagues developed and validated the test in urine collected after a digital rectal exam, but the new study re-validated the test in urine obtained without the exam ...