Low-risk prostate cancer often overtreated
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Approximately one half of men  diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer undergo surgery or  radiation therapy when "watchful waiting" may be more  appropriate, according to a research team at the University of  Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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U.S. black men aged 65 and older run twice the risk of dying from prostate cancer than comparable whites, but they are less likely to have a common blood test to detect the disease, a study said on Monday.
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Men with type 2 diabetes seem to be less likely to develop prostate cancer, overall, a new study indicates.
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NEW YORK  - The mortality rates for most  men diagnosed with prostate cancer in the United States are no  higher than those in the general population, a new analysis  shows. "The bottom line is that most men diagnosed with the  disease today can expect to live as long as, or longer than,  men their age without the disease," two editorialists comment.
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Obese men who undergo surgery for prostate cancer are more likely than their non-obese peers to experience a rise in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels, a sign that their disease is returning, new research suggests. Moreover, this seems to be true even in cases in which all of the cancer was apparently removed at surgery.
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Men with prostate cancer that does not appear to have spread have better survival chances when they get short-term hormone treatment along with standard radiation.
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Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer found in American men other than skin cancer. Throughout September, which is prostate cancer awareness month, there is an emphasis on prevention
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TUESDAY, Aug. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Being screened for prostate cancer more often does improve disease detection overall, but it doesn&#39;t help doctors spot aggressive cancers better, a new study finds.
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Working in a job that requires  a continuous level of high physical effort may decrease the  likelihood of a man developing prostate cancer, researchers  report.
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Scientists have taken a key step toward revealing the causes of prostate cancer, finding that a combination of five gene variants dramatically raises the risk of the disease
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Doctors generally do not take measures to prevent or treat osteoporosis, the loss of bone mass, in men with prostate cancer being treated with hormone therapy, even when other risk factors are present, according to new research.
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MONDAY, Dec. 13 (HealthDayNews) -- Osteoporosis appears to be an often overlooked risk for men with prostate cancer who are having hormone therapy, says a study to be published in the Jan. 15 issue of Cancer.
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Over a 5-year period, men with localized prostate cancer showed a much sharper decline in sexual function and urinary control than did similar men without the disease, researchers report in the medical journal Cancer.
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New research shows that it's possible to identify men with slowly progressive or latent prostate cancer, reflected by prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels that remain stable or fall over time.
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NEW YORK  - The rate of prostate cancer among men with schizophrenia is lower than in the general population, according to findings published in the journal Urology.
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NEW YORK  - Urinary, bowel, and sexual  problems arising from surgery or external radiation treatment  for localized prostate cancer persist for at least five years,  a new study from the National Cancer Institute shows.
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Hormone therapy used to treat  prostate cancer that has already spread may save patients from  cancer but raise the risk of diabetes and heart disease, U.S.  researchers reported on Tuesday.