Diagnosis of prostate cancer

JL Descotes - Asian journal of urology, 2019 - Elsevier
Diagnosis of prostate cancer (PCa) and adequate staging play a fundamental role for
clinical and patient care. Despite major advances in biology and imaging, rectal examination …

Biomarkers in prostate cancer diagnosis: from current knowledge to the role of metabolomics and exosomes

S Salciccia, AL Capriotti, A Laganà, S Fais… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Early detection of prostate cancer (PC) is largely carried out using assessment of prostate-
specific antigen (PSA) level; yet it cannot reliably discriminate between benign pathologies …

A novel urine exosome gene expression assay to predict high-grade prostate cancer at initial biopsy

J McKiernan, MJ Donovan, V O'Neill, S Bentink… - JAMA …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Overdiagnosis and overtreatment of indolent prostate cancer (PCA) is a serious
health issue in most developed countries. There is an unmet clinical need for noninvasive …

[HTML][HTML] A prospective adaptive utility trial to validate performance of a novel urine exosome gene expression assay to predict high-grade prostate cancer in patients …

J McKiernan, MJ Donovan, E Margolis, A Partin… - European urology, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Discriminating indolent from clinically significant prostate cancer (PCa) in the
initial biopsy setting remains an important issue. Prospectively evaluated diagnostic assays …

Detection of high-grade prostate cancer using a urinary molecular biomarker–based risk score

L Van Neste, RJ Hendriks, S Dijkstra, G Trooskens… - European urology, 2016 - Elsevier
Background To reduce overdiagnosis and overtreatment, a test is urgently needed to detect
clinically significant prostate cancer (PCa). Objective To develop a multimodal model …

Prostate cancer screening in men aged 50–69 years (STHLM3): a prospective population-based diagnostic study

H Grönberg, J Adolfsson, M Aly, T Nordström… - The lancet …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background The prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test is used to screen for prostate cancer
but has a high false-positive rate that translates into unnecessary prostate biopsies and …

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) density in the diagnostic algorithm of prostate cancer

T Nordström, O Akre, M Aly, H Grönberg… - Prostate cancer and …, 2018 - nature.com
Background Screening for prostate cancer using prostate-specific antigen (PSA) alone leads
to un-necessary biopsying and overdiagnosis. PSA density is easily accessible, but early …

All change in the prostate cancer diagnostic pathway

DJ Lomas, HU Ahmed - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2020 - nature.com
Following detection of high levels of serum prostate-specific antigen, many men are advised
to have transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy in an attempt to locate a cancer. This …

[HTML][HTML] Current advances in prognostic and diagnostic biomarkers for solid cancers: Detection techniques and future challenges

M Pal, T Muinao, HPD Boruah, N Mahindroo - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Solid cancers are one of the leading causes of cancer related deaths, characterized by rapid
growth of tumour, and local and distant metastases. Current advances on multimodality care …

National prostate cancer screening rates after the 2012 US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation discouraging prostate-specific antigen–based screening

MW Drazer, D Huo, SE Eggener - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2015 - ascopubs.org
Purpose In 2012, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) discouraged prostate-
specific antigen (PSA)–based prostate cancer screening. Previous USPSTF …