Category: Prostate Cancer

Direct answer: Most cisgender women and other people born without a typical prostate gland do not develop conventional prostate cancer. They do have Skene’s glands—small paraurethral glands that are developmentally related to prostate tissue—but benign […]

Direct answer: Early localized prostate cancer often causes no symptoms. When urinary, sexual, pelvic, or bone symptoms occur, they are not specific and frequently have noncancerous causes. Prostate cancer detection may begin with an informed […]

Direct answer: Total PSA is the amount of prostate-specific antigen measured in blood in both protein-bound and unbound forms. Free PSA is the unbound fraction. Percent-free PSA is calculated from the free and total measurements […]

Direct answer: Prostate and urinary symptoms such as a weak stream, urgency, frequent urination, pelvic pain, or painful urination can have several causes. Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), prostatitis, urinary infection, retention, bladder conditions, medicines, diabetes, […]

Direct answer: Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a protein made by prostate cells. A PSA blood test can support an informed prostate-cancer screening decision, help evaluate certain prostate or urinary concerns, and monitor people after prostate-cancer […]

Cancer blood tests include routine blood counts and chemistry tests, selected tumor markers, protein studies, and specialized molecular assays. They can support risk discussions, symptom evaluation, pretreatment baselines, treatment-safety monitoring, response assessment, and follow-up. However, […]

Men’s health blood tests can help evaluate testosterone status, pituitary-to-testis signaling, selected causes of sexual symptoms, prostate-related risk, treatment safety, and cardiometabolic health. The most useful starting test for suspected testosterone deficiency is usually a […]

A laboratory result usually answers a straightforward question: How much of a substance is present? A biomarker ratio asks a second question: How does that result relate to another part of the same biological system? […]