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(BPT) - Receiving a prostate cancer diagnosis is scary, and so are some of the side effects that may come along with treating it. While there are several options available, there's no ...

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 ...

Most people with prostate cancer won’t die from it. But it still kills more American men than any type of cancer except lung cancer, because prostate cancer is more common. Prostate cancer needs ...

While most prostate cancers grow slowly, some may classify as aggressive prostate cancers based on stage and grade. Prostate cancers mostly consist of adenocarcinomas, which develop within the ...

Pre-biopsy MRIs can help doctors diagnose and treat prostate cancer more accurately. Here’s when you should get one.

Even when diagnosed at an advanced stage, most prostate cancers respond well to treatment. The first line of treatment is often hormone therapy, which is very good at slowing or stopping the cancer — ...

High risk prostate cancer means that tumors may be at risk of spreading beyond the prostate or have already done so. Prostate cancers are divided into one of three risk groups: low, intermediate, and ...

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 ...