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 ...

The leader of Israel called the situation a “minor medical issue.” Doctors say the disease is often slow-growing.

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 ...

RICHMOND, Va. (January 20, 2026) – Researchers at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center and the VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM) were recently awarded a $1.8 million, 3-year grant from the ...

Study shows how a cell-signaling receptor helps prostate cancer cells accumulate cholesterol, a process linked to tumor growth and treatment resistance. Texas A&M University Researchers at Texas A&M ...

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 ...

Here’s a PSA about PSA—meaning a public service announcement about prostate specific antigen. Although checking the PSA levels in your blood is a routine way of screening for prostate cancer, just ...

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 ...

SBRT Delays Systemic Therapy in Oligometastatic Cancers For patients with oligometastatic cancers, particularly kidney or prostate, stereotactic body radiotherapy may frequently delay the need for ...

Radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy) uses high-energy beams or subatomic particles to damage the DNA inside prostate cancer cells. After enough damage, the cells cannot multiply, and they die.