A digital rectal exam (DRE) is a way to check for signs of prostate cancer. For this exam a physician inserts a gloved, lubricated finger into your rectum to: Feel your prostate gland Assess the ...

An Italian oncologic psychologist warns these patients: “A prostatectomy doesn’t cure anxiety.” Emotional distress can be so ...

Decades ago, doctors created a test to determine which breast cancer patients should receive hormone therapy. Now, ...

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a protein produced by both normal and cancerous cells in the prostate gland. It is primarily measured through a blood test, where normal levels are typically found ...

A new at-home saliva test for prostate cancer could outperform current testing methods, a new study suggests. Researchers have developed a simple spit test, that can be performed at home and does not ...

Ernie Strauss and Ronald Wakefield, who met through the patient navigation program of Northside Hospital, have built a ...

Advanced prostate cancer cases are rising worldwide as fewer men undergo routine PSA screening and early symptoms go ...

Olympic legend Sir Chris Hoy says ‘we need more men to be diagnosed with prostate cancer early to stop them getting news I ...

Patients will be able to find out whether they have genes linked to cancer using a world-leading tool developed by the NHS.

To help meet the potentially complex needs of patients after prostate cancer treatment and offer the precision and care ...

Prostate cancer has overtaken breast cancer to become the most common form of the disease in the UK for the first time.