Researchers have identified the genetic risk factors that contribute to prostate cancer in a diverse group of African men.
Black men are twice as likely to be diagnosed and die from prostate cancer compared to white men, a fact that hits close to ...
However, some doctors recommend that people with a higher chance of prostate cancer, such as African-American men or those with a family history of prostate cancer, start screening earlier.
The National Cancer Institute states that about 1 in 8 males will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetimes. The average person's chance of getting prostate cancer increases with age. Yet ...
The risk of heart attack and other adverse cardiovascular events is higher in patients with prostate cancer who have belly fat and reduced strength.
The survival rate of men with prostate cancer who had their entire prostate gland removed immediately after the tumor was ...
Benign means a growth that is not cancer. The risk of prostate cancer is no greater for men with an enlarged prostate. But the chances of developing prostate cancer also increase with age - and ...
Gender-affirming hormone therapy may reduce the risk of prostate cancer in transgender women, but it may also increase the risk of biochemical recurrence and bone metastases in patients with prostate ...
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among men, following skin cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, ...
Studies have shown that adjuvant therapy (treatment to kill microscopic amounts of cancer cells that may have spread), given in addition to primary therapy (surgery and radiation), increases a woman's ...
Baseball Hall of Famer and former Yankee Wade Boggs has prostate cancer. He made the announcement Saturday night on social media and sounded optimistic, saying he will be ready to take part in the ...
Adding abiraterone to the standard treatment for locally advanced prostate cancer, where the cancer has a high chance of spreading, could halve the risk of death from the disease. The researchers ...