Hacker News with Generative AI: Prostate Cancer

A Simple Spit Test Could Reveal Prostate Cancer, Outperforming a Blood Test (discovermagazine.com)
A simple spit test that can be taken at home is among the most promising methods for detecting prostate cancer, which an estimated 1 in 8 men are diagnosed with during their lifetime.

Prostate Cancer, Health, Medical Technology, Testing

16 points by jnord 9 days ago | 12 comments

An end to all this prostate trouble? (yarchive.net)
The prostate gland causes entirely too many problems. In the US, prostate cancer kills about one man of every forty. “Benign prostate hyperplasia” (BPH) is even more common, affecting most men over age 60. It pinches the urinary tract, making it hard to urinate, and is constantly in danger of transforming from “benign” to “malignant”.

Health, Prostate Cancer, Medicine, Men's Health

791 points by bondarchuk 27 days ago | 315 comments

At-home saliva test for prostate cancer better than blood test, study suggests (theguardian.com)
An at-home spit test appears to perform better at predicting prostate cancer risk than the current frontline test, a study suggests.

Prostate Cancer, Medical Research, Health, Science

10 points by pseudolus 44 days ago | 0 comments

Prostate cancer surgery breakthrough offers hope for erectile function (theguardian.com)
A more precise form of prostate cancer surgery nearly doubles the chances of men retaining erectile function afterwards compared with standard surgery, according to the first comprehensive trial of the procedure.

Prostate Cancer, Medicine, Health, Surgery

7 points by c420 60 days ago | 0 comments

Light-based technique shows 90% accuracy in early prostate cancer detection (medicalxpress.com)