Prostate Cancer News & Features
- Watch and Wait a Safe Approach for Prostate Cancer
March 12, 2023 — Actively monitoring early-stage prostate cancer offers the same long-term survival rate as having surgery or radiation to treat the cancer, according to a new study.
- Digital Rectal Exams Could Miss Early Prostate Cancers: Study
March 9, 2023 — The study found that a PSA test at age 50 detected four times as many cases of early prostate cancer as a digital rectal exam at age 45 alone.
- Switch to Plant-Based Diet Could Boost Prostate Cancer Survival
February 16, 2023 — A new study suggests following a healthy plant-based diet after a diagnosis of prostate cancer may help prevent the disease from progressing or recurring.
- Mental Distress: Prostate Cancer’s ‘Elephant in the Room’
November 2, 2022 — Mental distress has been called the “elephant in the room” for patients with prostate cancer that doesn’t require treatment right away. For years, these concerns were largely ignored, according to advocates and health professionals.
- Talking to Your Partner With Prostate Cancer
Unsure what to say to best support your partner as he faces prostate cancer? Get guidance on what to say and what to avoid.
- Most Men With Low-Risk Prostate Tumors Now Forgoing Treatment
May 17, 2022 — Acceptance of active surveillance for low-risk prostate cancer hit a record high in 2021, although the U.S. still lags internationally, new figures showed.
- ‘Joe Exotic’ Says He Has Prostate Cancer
November 5, 2021 — Joseph Maldonado-Passage, better known as “Joe Exotic” on the Netflix docuseries Tiger King, announced on social media that he’s been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer.
- Staying Active With Prostate Cancer
Safe exercise during and after treatment can improve your strength, stamina, and mood. Here's how to get started.
- Prostate Cancer: Talking to People About Your Diagnosis
One in eight men get prostate cancer during their lifetime. But often, they find it hard to talk about their diagnosis. Find out how you can make that easier.
- Things People With Prostate Cancer Wish You Knew
Prostate cancer happens when cells begin to grow and develop quicker than normally in your prostate. Find out what others want you to know about this condition.
- Advanced Prostate Cancer: Practical Self-Care Tips
Treatment advances are helping people live longer with advanced prostate cancer. But like other ongoing illnesses, the disease can affect your relationships and quality of life. Learn how to make things easier.
- From Curing to Controlling Your Prostate Cancer
There isn’t one way to control advanced prostate cancer. It depends on a mix of things. That includes your age, symptoms, and how fast your cancer grows.
- How to Self-Advocate for Advanced Prostate Cancer
Being an advocate for yourself means taking an active role in your care.
- Diet Tips for Advanced Prostate Cancer
There's no one diet that's best for prostate cancer. But healthy eating habits can make a difference in your condition.
- Prostate Cancer in African American Men
Black men are more than twice as likely as white men to die of prostate cancer. Learn about the many reasons and what you can do about it.
- Could AI help improve prostate cancer treatment?
November 7, 2017 — Artificial intelligence (AI) could be used to personalise treatment for prostate cancer and reduce the number of men who undergo serious side-effects as a result of radiotherapy, a cancer conference has been told.
- Prostate cancer 'riskier for tall and obese men'
July 13, 2017 — Tall men and those who are obese have a higher risk of high grade prostate cancer and dying from the disease, a study has found.
- How to Choose Advanced Prostate Cancer Treatments
Find out what you need to consider when you are trying to decide on the best treatment for advanced prostate cancer.
- Physical Activity When You Have Prostate Cancer
Find out how exercise can help manage treatment side effects and boost your mood when you have prostate cancer.
- Prostate Cancer: Why Early Detection Matters
How one self-described 'regular guy' changed his health habits after diagnosis.
- Screening Tests for Prostate Cancer
Should men get a screening test for prostate cancer?
- How to Manage Prostate Cancer Treatment Side Effects
Prostate cancer treatments can cause serious side effects. Learn what you can do to relieve or manage them.
- Advanced Prostate Cancer and Your Relationship
Strengthen your relationship with your partner after prostate cancer treatment.
- Advanced Prostate Cancer: Research Update
Men with advanced prostate cancer have more treatment options than ever before.
- Your Prostate Cancer Treatment Options
Doctors have a variety of ways to treat prostate cancer, including surgery, radiation, and drugs that slow the growth of prostate cancer cells. Find out about prostate cancer treatments.
- Prostate Cancer Questions to Ask Your Doctor -- and Yourself
Getting diagnosed with prostate cancer can be overwhelming. It’s normal to have several questions and concerns. Find answers to all of your questions about prostate cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment.
- Prostate Biopsy and the Gleason Score: What You Should Know
Doctors diagnose prostate cancer by performing a biopsy, ordering various imaging tests, and other procedures such as a PSA test. Learn more about prostate cancer diagnosis here.
- John McEnroe Serves Up Prostate Cancer Information
Tennis ace John McEnroe now champions the cause of prostate cancer research.
- Winning the Prostate Cancer Battle
When WebMD community member Chuck Warren was diagnosed with prostate cancer, he turned to friends to find the strength to fight it.
- Is Prostate Cancer Screening Still Necessary?
No one likes going for that annual physical exam. For many, the anxiety increases when it includes a cancer screening.
- Routine Maintenance for Men
A schedule for checkups and tests that will keep a man's body in good running order.
- Routine Tests for Men
A schedule for checkups and tests that will keep a man's body in good running order.
- Questions to Ask About Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer
Hormone therapy for prostate cancer can add years to men's lives, but it isn't a cure. Here are questions to ask your doctor to help you understand the benefits and risks.
- Hormone Treatment Fights Prostate Cancer
Hormone therapy for prostate cancer has come a long way in the past few decades.
- Fixing What Ails You ... With Food
Chicken soup for the sniffles? Ginger to quell a queasy tummy? Sometimes those olds wives' tales and folk lore contain more than a grain of truth. And researchers are discovering that certain foods really can help, or hinder, your health.
- 'You've Got Prostate Cancer'
An American man has a 1 in 5 lifetime chance of hearing those 4 words. What he will do about them is a decision that will affect the rest of his life.
- Surgery or Radiation: Which Is Better for Early Prostate Cancer?
October 2, 2000 — When Hank Porterfield learned he had prostate cancer in 1992, he was faced with a critical choice that more than 100,000 men in the U.S. make each year -- whether to treat the cancer with surgery or radiation.