The standard treatment for men with advanced prostate cancer is androgen-deprivation therapy. Androgens are hormones that fuel prostate cell growth; removing them with either drugs or surgery causes ...

The prostate gland has a remarkable ability to regrow itself after hormone-deprivation therapy. A new study from researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering explains why. The standard treatment for men ...

Scientists have uncovered a critical weakness in prostate cancer’s defences. The disease relies on two enzymes, PDIA1 and ...

High-intensity-focused ultrasound (HIFU) can treat some men with prostate cancer as an alternative to surgery or radiation therapy. The corresponding study was published in The Lancet. "We believe ...

Men suffering from an enlarged prostate can receive long-term relief from a minimally invasive procedure that partially blocks blood flow to the gland, new research reports. The procedure, called ...

Prostate cancer is the second most common form of cancer among men in the world. When detected early, the disease is usually ...

Dear Dr. Roach: Some 20 years ago, as I was turning 50, a biopsy confirmed prostate cancer. I elected to deal with that through surgery, a radical perineal prostatectomy. For the following 10 years, ...

Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer-associated death in men after lung cancer. Prostate cancer is highly common in which 1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with the disease in their ...

University of Colorado Cancer Center urologic oncology surgeon Dr. Paul Maroni studied the extract’s benefits if prostate ...

The standard treatment for men with advanced prostate cancer is androgen-deprivation therapy. Androgens are hormones that fuel prostate cell growth; removing them with either drugs or surgery causes ...

This fluorescent microscopy image shows massive cell division occurring in the mouse prostate gland. Dividing cells are red, luminal cells are green, and basal cells are white. Summary The prostate ...