For more than 80 years, men have been told that testosterone helps prostate cancer grow. But a very different picture has ...
Stage 3 prostate cancer is locally advanced, with tumors extending beyond the prostate but not metastasizing distantly. Diagnosis involves the TNM system, Gleason score, PSA tests, and imaging to ...
Prostate cancer starts when cells in the prostate gland grow out of control. Those cells can spread to other parts of the body and affect healthy tissue. This can happen for several reasons. When ...
Pre-biopsy MRIs can help doctors diagnose and treat prostate cancer more accurately. Here’s when you should get one.
The prostate is a small gland that forms part of the male reproductive system. Prostate cancer and prostatitis are two conditions that can affect the prostate and may present with similar symptoms.
Prostate needle biopsy is the gold standard to establish a diagnosis of prostatic adenocarcinoma. PSA screening, digital rectal examination, a higher number of radiologically visible lesions detected ...
Alternatives to prostate biopsies include enzyme tests to assess the need for further screening, monitoring PSA levels through watchful waiting, and MRI scans for detailed prostate imaging. Enzyme ...
Assessments used to calculate cardiovascular disease risk in the general population may not have the same predictive power ...
Apalutamide, a competitive inhibitor of the androgen receptor, is under development for the treatment of prostate cancer. We evaluated the efficacy of apalutamide in men with nonmetastatic ...
Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...
If you're facing a prostate cancer diagnosis, this guide to best dietary practices will help simplify your shopping list Getty What you eat can affect your prostate health, for better or worse.