Search

...Clinical trials make up a large proportion of the prostate cancer research that is currently ongoing. They also provide support for the development and mass production of new and effective...

...In recent years, the scope of prostate cancer research has expanded well beyond previous decades. Research in this field extends beyond clinical trials for new drugs or treatment options, and...

...Prostate cancer is the third most common cancer in America, behind breast cancer and lung cancer. It is the second most common cancer in men after skin cancer. Doctors estimate...

...Prostate cancer can develop in a number of ways. When talking about developing a condition, it is important to distinguish between a risk factor and a cause. Risk factors can...

...Although prostate cancer affects millions of men in the United States alone, one type of prostate cancer is the most common. Nearly all cases of prostate cancer are considered adenocarcinomas...

...As with most, if not all, types of cancer, there is no certain method of preventing prostate cancer. Many prostate cancer risk factors are non-modifiable, including age, race, and family...

...After you have a prostate biopsy, a pathologist will study your cells to determine if cancer is present and what it looks like. During a core needle biopsy, approximately 10-12...

...Diagnosing prostate cancer can be a difficult process. Doctors may need to run multiple tests to diagnose prostate cancer. The prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test is one of the tests that...

...Screening involves checking for a condition when the individual screened may not currently have symptoms for the condition. Screening, in many instances, is used to detect for the presence of...

...The prostate is a gland within the male reproductive system that makes and secretes seminal fluid. This fluid is clear-to-white and mixes with sperm produced in the testes to form...

...Immunotherapy uses medicine to activate your immune system. Some immunotherapies get your immune system to recognize and destroy prostate cancer cells. These include cancer vaccines and immune checkpoint inhibitors. Unfortunately...

...Docetaxel (Taxotere®) is a chemotherapy drug that prevents or stops the development and growth of tumors. It is used with prednisone to treat people with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC)...

...Undergoing surgery to treat prostate cancer or prostate cancer symptoms is a big decision. Surgical treatment options are usually invasive and can require long recovery times. They can also have...

...Radiopharmaceuticals belong to a class of medications that are considered systemic radiation therapies. These medications contain radioactive substances that help alleviate bone pain when cancer metastasizes (or spreads) to the...

...A radical prostatectomy is a surgical procedure performed to remove the prostate gland, typically in those healthy enough for surgery and whose cancer has not spread outside the prostate gland...

...Problems urinating can occur as a result of prostate cancer, a result of prostate cancer treatment, or can be due to a completely different cause. The tube that carries urine...

...Pain can be a sign of advanced prostate cancer. This pain may occur when prostate cancer has spread to the bones or other organs. Advanced prostate cancer can cause pain...

...An orchiectomy is a surgical procedure that may be performed on men with prostate cancer. However, instead of operating on prostate cancer cells or developed tumors, the surgery involves the...

...Mitoxantrone (Novantrone®) is a chemotherapy drug used to treat people with advanced hormone-resistant prostate cancer. This refers to prostate cancer that is at a later stage and no longer responds...

...Ketoconazole (Nizoral®) is an antifungal medicine used to treat certain fungal infections. At high doses, it is also considered an anti-androgen. This means it reduces androgen hormones, which prostate cancers...