Prostate Cancer News

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.

Two new studies show Black prostate cancer patients get proton beam therapy (PBT) less often than white patients.

Researchers have identified five types of bacteria associated with aggressive prostate cancer which could lead to new treatments for the disease.

Dropping the ‘C word’ would curtail anxiety and reduce overtreatment, some experts have argued, but not everyone embraces the idea.

New information shows that since the recommendation changed against routine prostate screening tests (PSA), there has been a rise in advanced prostate cancer cases.

A review of men seen at VA hospitals found that Black veterans had nearly twice the incidence of localized and advanced prostate cancer as white men.

While Black men are often diagnosed later and with more aggressive disease than white men, radiation therapy seems to work better for them, new data reveals.

It’s a question that has divided men’s health experts for years: Should healthy men, with no symptoms or family history of prostate cancer, get a prostate specific antigen test and treatment right away if a tumor is found?

A new study finds Black, Hispanic, and Asian men are less likely than white men to receive a follow-up MRI after a screening suggests prostate cancer.

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.

During prostate cancer treatment, some gut bacteria start making hormones that may support cancer growth and treatment resistance.

If approved in the United States, the tests could make screening and diagnosis for these cancers easier on patients, without the need for needle biopsy or colonoscopy.

Paige Prostate was approved as to help doctors, not to replace them as studies show it increases detection of cancer by an average of 7.3%.

Compared with firefighters from other major U.S. cities, researchers found those exposed to the 9/11 disaster had higher risks of both prostate and thyroid cancers.

New research suggests widowers have a higher risk for advanced prostate cancer than men who are married or men who are in relationships.

When men have advanced prostate cancer, obesity might offer something of a survival advantage, a preliminary study suggests.

Researchers analyzed medical records of men treated for prostate cancer by the U.S. Veterans' Health Administration -- most were over 60 with no other serious health issues.

Researchers have identified a potential new treatment for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, which has no cure.

Negative biopsies among early-stage prostate cancer patients who've chosen active surveillance are associated with a low risk of disease progression, but they aren't a sign that their cancer has completely vanished, a new study indicates.

Roker, 66, told viewers he will leave the show for a while to have surgery.

Education, income and insurance may be fueling racial disparities in U.S. prostate cancer deaths -- disparities that have black patients dying at higher rates than whites.

For men with advanced prostate cancer, a new hormone therapy pill works better than standard injections -- and carries a much lower risk of heart attack or stroke.

New research suggests that recommendations against routine prostate cancer testing may have come at a steep price -- more men getting diagnosed with advanced prostate cancers.

Having a BMI (body mass index -- an estimate of body fat based on height and weight) above the range that's considered healthy (21-25) during middle to late adulthood was associated with the highest risk for advanced prostate cancer.

After two years of follow-up, the group on the vegetable-rich diet saw no extra protection against prostate cancer compared to the control group, according to findings published Jan. 14 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.