Diagnosing pancreatic cancer at an early stage is challenging. The signs and symptoms — including abdominal pain, weight loss and indigestion — are often non-specific and shared with benign diseases.

Hot off the trail of National Breast Cancer Month in October, one company is trying to ease the detection of the disease that has been projected to impact at least 316,950 women across the country in ...

A quick and easy breath test could mean new hope in the early detection of pancreatic cancer, and medical experts say it could be the biggest breakthrough in the fight against the deadly disease in ...

-Only MCED test to use a urine sample collected at home instead of blood draw. -Only MCED to detect stage I/II cancers with 97% sensitivity and 97% specificity. -Offered as a laboratory-developed test ...

Finding the perfect early screening test for cancer remains a persistent challenge for the health industry. But new findings suggest that blood tests still being assessed are showing promising results ...

Exact Sciences launched a blood test Wednesday that can detect many kinds of cancer, even before symptoms appear. It will become available from its website in October for $690. Best known for the ...

Dec. 15, 2025 — For decades, when tests suggested that a man might have prostate cancer, the next step was usually a biopsy. The procedure, where a doctor uses a thin needle to collect prostate ...

A mom has revealed how a simple camera flash could detect a rare childhood cancer that her twins were diagnosed with at just 3 weeks old. Within days of welcoming her twin daughters, Maryann Oakley’s ...

An unexpected twist in a routine NFL drug test may have saved the life of Denver Broncos linebacker Alex Singleton. Just days before a critical matchup last month against the Las Vegas Raiders, ...

Dec. 2 (UPI) --As new blood tests capable of detecting dozens of cancers in their early stages are hitting the market, disease prevention advocates say political and economic momentum is building for ...

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Fast Five Quiz: Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer How much do you know about the presentation, workup, and treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer and metastatic disease? Test your ...