Prostate cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related death among men in the United States. Despite this, widespread adoption of prostate cancer screening has been controversial. Many primary care ...
The optimal strategy for treating newly diagnosed high-risk prostate cancer remains unclear. More specifically, do these patients benefit more from radical prostatectomy or a radiotherapy-based ...
Decades ago, doctors created a test to determine which breast cancer patients should receive hormone therapy. Now, ...
Doctors began testing PSA levels in the 1980s to monitor diagnosed cancers. By the early 1990s, researchers promoted it for ...
The most common surgery for prostate cancer is a radical prostatectomy. This surgery involves taking out the entire prostate gland, some lymph nodes and other nearby tissue, like the seminal vesicles ...
For something so small, the prostate can cause big problems. This gland, which is roughly the size of a walnut, is an essential part of a man's urinary and reproductive systems. But it's not uncommon ...
Q. You recently wrote that testosterone does not increase the risks for heart attacks. But you overlooked the real risk of testosterone therapy: cancer!
After prostate cancer treatment, nearly all men suffer temporary or long-term erectile dysfunction. To keep the possibility of recovery alive, some active housekeeping is needed, in the form of penile ...