About 60% of low‑risk prostate cancer patients are opting for active surveillance — and long‑term survival remains high.
As part of its Speaking Out video series, CURE talked to Dr. Brian Keith McNeil, on behalf of ZERO Prostate Cancer, about managing side effects following prostate cancer treatment. While treatment ...
Thousands of men with prostate cancer risk life-changing side effects during treatment because they are not offered a therapy given to David Cameron. The former prime minister revealed last week he ...
Men with advanced prostate cancer undergoing local therapies such as radiation therapy or radical prostatectomy experience significantly more gastrointestinal and sexual issues, along with problems ...
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 ...
The average age of men who get diagnosed is 67.
A groundbreaking trial for a prostate cancer treatment with fewer side-effects has launched in the UK, researchers have said. Backed by the Government-funded National Institute for Health and Care ...
For many men with prostate cancer, weeks of daily treatments are no longer the norm. Jonathan Tward, MD, a radiation oncologist at Huntsman Cancer Institute, explains how image guidance, real-time ...
However, men with higher PSA levels did show modest improvements in survival, suggesting that hormone therapy might be worthwhile for them. PSA (prostate-specific antigen) is produced by the prostate ...
Prostatectomy and radiation therapy show no survival difference for low-risk prostate cancer, but higher-risk cases require careful treatment consideration. The ProtecT trial supports active ...