The prostate cancer test to confirm a diagnosis is an uncomfortable medical procedure with an equally awkward name — the transrectal biopsy. This intrusive test uses an ultrasound probe and needle to ...

Health officials have known about a link between obesity and prostate cancer. Obese men are more at risk of cancer recurrence and more at risk of dying from it. Now, Duke researchers and the American ...

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- Researchers at Duke Cancer Institute are sharing new developments when it comes to prostate cancer therapy. According to the American Cancer Society, there are more than 200,000 ...

DURHAM, N.C. – Cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins may reduce inflammation in prostate tumors, possibly hindering cancer growth, according to a study led by investigators in the Duke Prostate ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Doctors may be missing cancers in obese men because the telltale blood marker used to detect the disease can be falsely interpreted as low in this population, according to a new study ...

Durham Mayor Leonardo Williams recently spoke at the Annual GU Community Education Event, sponsored by the Duke Cancer Institute Center for Prostate and Urologic Cancers. The mayor announced that the ...

Hemodilution from increased circulating plasma volumes could explain why obese men with prostate cancer have lower serum PSA levels than non-obese men with the malignancy, according to researchers. A ...

Duke's Melody McNair says there are multiple reasons why Black men do not receive proper care when it comes to prostate health. A program from Duke University’s Duke Cancer Institute strives to get ...