Medical Illustration: Prostate Cancer
When diagnosing prostate cancer, doctors consider staging and grading. In grading, a score is assigned based on the Gleason grading system.
Choosing the Right Path
Understanding state-of-the-art care helps patients with prostate cancer to choose treatments
Scanning the Horizon: Advances in Radiation Treatment for Prostate Cancer
New advances in radiation treatment enable higher doses with less damage to nearby tissue.
Resolving a Controversy: The Value of PSA Screening
Medical and scientific communities continue to weigh the value of PSA screening
Where Are the Men? BRCA Mutations and Male Awareness
BRCA mutations can lead to prostate and other cancers, and men are as likely as women to inherit them. Yet male awareness is lagging.
Surgery or Radiation for Prostate Cancer: What Determines the Choice?
Whether to opt for surgery or radiation to treat localized prostate cancer depends mainly on the stage and grade of disease.
Marathon Men: Living Longer With Prostate Cancer
New drug treatments are helping patients with advanced prostate cancer to live longer.
Delicate Difference: More Surgical Options for Prostate Cancer
Innovative approaches offer more surgical options with potentially fewer side effects.
Satisfaction Guaranteed: Sexual Activity After Prostate Cancer Therapy
Sexual activity after prostate cancer therapy might be different, but still possible.
On Guard: Gauging Aggressiveness of Prostate Cancer Aids Decision Making
New ways to find prostate cancer and gauge its aggressiveness help patients make better choices.
