Former prime minister Lord Cameron has revealed he is being treated for prostate cancer. It is the most common cancer in men in the UK, with around 55,000 new cases every year. The prostate is a gland ...

Screening for prostate cancer becomes more complex in men over the age of 70. The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) currently recommends against routine PSA testing in this age group. The PSA ...

Women's HRT patches can treat prostate cancer just as effectively as standard hormone injections—but with fewer of the worst ...

Anyone discouraged by the continued absence of a prostate cancer screening programme, the difficulties in getting a clear diagnosis and the limited treatment options if you do, should spend an hour ...

A digital rectal exam (DRE) is a way to check for signs of prostate cancer. For this exam a physician inserts a gloved, lubricated finger into your rectum to: Feel your prostate gland Assess the ...

The main advantage of proton therapy is its precision. Protons deposit most of their energy directly in the tumor with little ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among U.S. men, behind only lung cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. An estimated 300,000 men will be diagnosed with ...

Staging means finding out how far prostate cancer has spread in your body. Physicians group prostate cancers into stages I (1) through IV (4), with stage I being the least advanced and stage IV being ...

Wolinsky is a Chicago-based medical journalist and publisher of The Active Surveillor, a Substack newsletter that covers lower-risk prostate cancer and active surveillance. In 2002, at age 55, I ...

Decades ago, doctors created a test to determine which breast cancer patients should receive hormone therapy. Now, researchers are using the same tactics to advance prostate cancer treatment. A recent ...