Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world. While many prostate cancers grow slowly and remain localized, other types are aggressive and spread quickly. That's why Dr. Carlos ...

Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer that has a five-year survival rate of between 30% and 40%. The former president’s prostate cancer is characterized ...

New research has shown that immunotherapy can be effective in treating prostate cancer in men who are selected based on the genetic characteristics of their tumors. In a recent study, it was found ...

Staging means finding out how far prostate cancer has spread in your body. Physicians group prostate cancers into stages I (1) through IV (4), with stage I being the least advanced and stage IV being ...

Health-evidence reviewers reverse recommendation on a blood test that detects a biomarker of a common cancer after decades of ...

Hormone blockade therapy, which includes both oral and injectable options, aims to slow or stop the growth of prostate cancer cells by reducing androgen levels. Injectable hormone blockade therapies, ...

If you or a loved one has prostate cancer, you may be interested in learning about medicines used to treat it. One option is a medicine called Erleada (apalutamide). The FDA approved Erleada in 2018.

No, not everyone with a prostate will get prostate cancer, but estimates suggest that 1 in 8 will at some point in their lifetime. The prostate is a gland that plays a role in ejaculation. While ...