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 ...

Prostate cancer has four stages, which describe how advanced the cancer is and how far it has spread throughout your body. Knowing the stage of your cancer can help you and your healthcare team ...

When you’re diagnosed with prostate cancer at an early stage, usually stage I or II, it means the disease hasn't spread outside your prostate gland. That means you have a few good treatment options to ...

Stage 2 prostate adenocarcinoma is localized, with a nearly 100%, five-year relative survival rate. Diagnosis uses the TNM system, PSA levels and Gleason score to determine cancer stage and risk.

From his perspective, one of the most persistent misconceptions in prostate cancer care relates to how patients interpret ...

Radiation therapy (also called radiotherapy) uses high-energy beams or subatomic particles to damage the DNA inside prostate cancer cells. After enough damage, the cells cannot multiply, and they die.

Scientists have identified a novel two-pronged treatment method, offering significant potential for patients battling advanced prostate cancer. Experts at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, ...

New findings from VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center and the VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM), published in Pharmacological Research, show that an innovative drug effectively prevents ...

Early detection of prostate cancer is crucial, as this disease can be so indolent (slow-growing) that patients don't realize they have it until it causes significant problems. The good news is that if ...

Lord David Cameron has revealed he was diagnosed with, and successfully treated for, prostate cancer in the past year. The former prime minister also declared his support for a targeted screening ...

Where previous research showed that PSMA therapy for prostate cancer can prolong the lives of patients who have exhausted all other treatment options, a new study now demonstrates that the therapy is ...