PSA After Prostate Surgery Not Always Ominous
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Men with prostate cancer who undergo removal of the prostate (ie, radical prostatectomy) hope to see their PSA fall to zero, but sometimes it remains detectable in their blood.
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OTTAWAâA pioneer of the PSA prostate cancer test taken annually by millions of men now says the test has little bearing on how much cancer is present.
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NEW YORK  - Chronic inflammation of the  prostate can lead to constant pain that is hard to treat, but a  new approach seems to hold out promise.
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Scientists believe they have found a way to make prostate cancer treatment more effective.
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James brown, underwent the surgery to treat his cancer yesterday recently diagnosed prostate, and its forecast is good. &quot;we expect a full re-establishment,&quot; said Dr.
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NEW YORK  - Wives and other caregivers of men with prostate cancer may be at risk of anxiety, fatigue and other symptoms that exact a toll on the quality of their lives, a study suggests.
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A large new study is challenging the common practice of recommending that elderly men forego treatment for early prostate cancer and instead wait to see whether the malignancy progresses.
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Hormone-suppressing drugs increasingly used to treat prostate cancer make men so prone to broken bones that the risks of the treatment may outweigh the benefits in those whose cancer was caught early, researchers say.
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Men with prostate cancer that doesn't appear to have spread have better survival chances when they get short-term hormone treatment along with standard radiation, rather than radiation alone, a small study found.    Almost five years after treatment, six men in the radiation-only study group died of prostate cancer; none of the men who got combined treatment died of prostate cancer...
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The common PSA test used for detecting prostate is under fire by the pioneer of the test. Dr. Thomas Stamey says the test is all but &quot;useless&quot;, however, many in the medical field will not agree with Dr.
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NEW YORK  - Survival rates for men with localized prostate cancer are better with either surgery or radioactive seed implantation, a treatment called brachytherapy, compared with no "definitive" treatment, investigators at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City report. This is true even among older men.
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Higher-income individuals with prostate cancer feel more informed about the disease and more satisfied with their treatment decisions than do their lower-income peers, new survey findings show.
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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  - New research shows that it&#39;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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Scientists have found a new way to  identify a particularly deadly form of prostate cancer in a  breakthrough that could save tens of thousands of men from  undergoing unnecessary surgery each year.
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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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NEW YORK  - Some men with prostate cancer  that hasn't spread may not need to undergo treatment, as long  as a watchful eye is kept on their condition. They can do as  well as similar men who undergo radiation therapy, according to  a new report.