Prostate Cancer News

Aggressive treatment for prostate cancer may not be warranted for many older patients with underlying medical conditions, a new study finds.

Background:The Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial has shown a protective effect of finasteride on prostate cancer in low-risk men.

Accuray Incorporated , announced today the publication of study results involving hundreds of prostate cancer patients treated with the CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System, the most widely used form of prostate stereotactic body radiation therapy .

Older men with other illnesses may not live long enough to benefit from aggressive prostate cancer treatments, such as prostate removal or radiation, and they'd have to live with their side effects, says a new study.

Tracy has agricultural roots and affordable homes, but a new study reveals a less obvious distinction for this Central Valley city: Doctors use internal radiation to treat men for prostate cancer at the highest rate in California, more than four times the state average.

Research and studies have shown that sex is not only good for your mental health, but your physical well being too.

According to Consumer Reports, over $100 million was spent last year to promote prescription testosterone, marketing everything from gels and patches to injections.

Mark Huffman has been a consumer news reporter for ConsumerAffairs since 2004. He covers real estate, gas prices and the economy and has reported extensively on negative-option sales.

The costly form of radiation therapy that has become the norm for prostate cancer in the United States may be no better than the older, cheaper variety -- at least for some men, a new study suggests.

Older men with localized prostate cancer and other serious health conditions may not benefit from aggressive treatment for their cancer.

US actress and director Angelina Jolie addressing the audience after premiere of her movie "In the Land of Blood and Honey" in Sarajevo, Bosnia, in 2012.

A prostate cancer diagnosis and the treatment that follows can impact not only your husband's health, but the quality of your marriage.

A British father has made medical history by having his healthy prostate removed after discovering that he carries a defective gene that boosts his risk of cancer, it was reported last night.

The FDA has approved Xofigo for the treatment of men with symptomatic late-stage castration-resistant prostate cancer that has spread to bones but not to other organs.

On December 19th, 2012, Oncothyreon's shares fell roughly 50% as development partner Merck KGaA reported that L-BLP25 , a cancer immunotherapy that was being tested against non small-cell lung cancer , failed to meet its primary endpoint in a Phase III trial.

Xofigo has been approved by the US FDA for symptomatic late-stage castration-resistant prostate cancer that has reached bones but not other organs, i.e. with no known visceral metastatic disease.

UC Irvine Health urologists and health policy experts report in a new study that two written assessments that identify existing comorbidities - the patient-reported Total Illness Burden Index for Prostate Cancer and the physician-reported Charlson Comorbidity Index - can successfully target prostate patients who would not benefit from biopsy to ... (more)

Family members will be paid to look after their disabled adult relatives after the Government set aside $23 million for carer payments in this year's Budget.

During routine bloodwork, my PSA showed a slight movement upward. My family doctor wanted me to see a urologist for further tests.

Legendary comedian and noted pot enthusiast Tommy Chong has announced that he is cancer-free and claims he has his longtime friend Mary Jane to thank for his good health.