PSA and Biomarker Testing Plus MRI Appears to Improve Prostate Cancer Screening
A single round of prostate cancer screening that included a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, a kallikrein panel, and an MRI detected one additional high-grade cancer per 196 men and one low-grade cancer per 909 men, according to preliminary results from the Finnish ProScreen randomized trial. The risk difference for the group randomized to the screening […]
Will Flight Restrictions Help Prevent New COVID-19 Variant Spread?
A new coronavirus variant identified in South Africa is leading to a new round of travel restrictions just as many had finally begun to ease. The risks of the variant, called omicron, are largely unknown. But the World Health Organization has called it a “variant of concern” and governments around the world are not waiting […]