What to Say to Your Partner Who Has Prostate Cancer
When you find out that your partner has prostate cancer, both of you probably have a lot of questions about what comes next. There will be plenty you need to...
Fewer Black Men Get High-Tech Prostate Cancer Therapy
By Robert Preidt HealthDay ReporterHealthDay ReporterMONDAY, May 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Use of a high-tech radiation cancer treatment called proton beam therapy (PBT) has increased overall in the United...
5 Bacteria Linked to Aggressive Prostate Cancer
By Robert Preidt HealthDay ReporterHealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, April 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified five types of bacteria associated with aggressive prostate cancer, and they say their findings could...
Study: Black Men Twice as Likely to Develop Prostate Cancer as Whites
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Jan. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Even in a setting where white and Black people have equal access to medical care, Black Americans fare worse...
Black Men Get Better Outcomes From Radiation for Prostate Cancer
By Denise Mann HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, Jan. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A new analysis uncovers a racial paradox in prostate cancer care: While Black men are often diagnosed later and...
Does Early Prostate Cancer Screening Do More Harm Than Good?
David Samadi, MD, urologic oncologist, director of men’s health, St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY.Otis W. Brawley, MD, Bloomberg distinguished professor of oncology and epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.James Eastham, MD,...
Gut Bacteria May Fuel Prostate Cancer Treatment Resistance
Oct. 15, 2021 -- A mainstay of treatment for prostate cancer is to deprive it of androgens, the hormones that make it grow. The testes are the main source of...
New Tests for Prostate, Colon Cancer Show Promise
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Sept. 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A pair of experimental tests could help doctors detect colon or prostate cancer with just a sample of blood...
9/11 First Responders Face Higher Cancer Risk 20 Years Later
By Amy Norton HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, Sept. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Twenty years on, responders to the World Trade Center attacks in New York City are showing increased risks of...
Enlarged Prostate Doesn’t Raise a Man’s Odds for Cancer
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Aug. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Does having an enlarged prostate doom you to prostate cancer?Far from it, a new study suggests.Also called benign prostatic...