The diagnostic workflow for prostate cancer detection has evolved substantially with advances in imaging technologies and biopsy techniques. Currently, MRI is the standard modality for prostate ...

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 ...

Hormone blockade therapy, which includes both oral and injectable options, aims to slow or stop the growth of prostate cancer cells by reducing androgen levels. Injectable hormone blockade therapies, ...

Prostate cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death in men, and some experts project the number of cases to rise over the coming decades. But in a recent Urologic Oncology article, ...

Risk factors are things that raise your chances of getting a disease. For each person, there’s a mix of genetic, biological and lifestyle factors that play a part in prostate cancer risk. About 1 in ...

Early detection of prostate cancer is crucial, as this disease can be so indolent (slow-growing) that patients don't realize they have it until it causes significant problems. The good news is that if ...

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 ...

Less is more in the case of this cancer treatment. The most common form of cancer among men in the US, after skin cancer, prostate cancer often comes with traditional treatments that cause difficult ...