How aggressive is my prostate cancer? Is it growing slowly or quickly? If you’ve been diagnosed with prostate cancer—and this year alone nearly 165,000 men nationwide will be—these may be among the first questions you’ll ask your doctor. And the answers ...

What if you could get high-quality radiation therapy for your cancer delivered in weeks shorter than the usual treatment regimen? You’d likely consider the quicker option—especially when you learn it is not only faster but also safe and effective, with f...

Prostate cancer can be treated with either surgery or radiation therapy. For men who were initially treated with radiation therapy alone, prostate cancer can return in up to 40-50 percent of cases (Zelefsky et al). Prostate cancer recurrence after failed ra...

Men diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer are sometimes faced with a difficult patient-based decision: Do they treat their cancer immediately, or consider the strategy of postponing treatment, a technique called “active surveillance with curative intent?”...

Updated: 2019 Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among men, with some 200,000 cases diagnosed in the U.S. each year. “Considering how often prostate cancer occurs in men, every man should familiarize himself with its signs and risk facto...