Why doesn’t my doctor automatically order a PSA test to screen for prostate cancer? Shouldn’t all men be tested regularly?
With over 330,000 new cases estimated for 2026, prostate cancer accounts for almost one-third of all invasive cancers in men. It is the fifth leading cause of male cancer-related deaths worldwide. Because prostate cancer is slow-growing, and symptoms may not occur for years after it develops, you might think that everyone who has a prostate (a walnut-sized gland that sits below the bladder) should get a blood test for prostate specific antigen, or PSA, which can detect it.
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