Almost half of men falsely believe they need invasive tests to check for prostate cancer, cancer awareness campaigners in the UK say. A rectal exam – during which a doctor or nurse will check inside a ...

Every September, countries across the world observe Prostate Cancer Awareness Month to highlight the importance of prostate health and early detection. It was first declared by the American Foundation ...

Jairam Eswara, MD, FACS, is a nationally recognized urology specialist and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He’s the Chair of the Department of Urology at Tufts Medical Center and an ...

A new at-home spit test for prostate cancer may be better than current blood tests, a new study shows. The simple saliva test has been developed by experts and works by analysing genetic variants in a ...

Science is not shy about ambiguity, never more so than when it comes to medical advice. So here’s the latest recommendation on prostate-cancer screening: Men should continue to have both a manual ...

Ernie Strauss and Ronald Wakefield, who met through the patient navigation program of Northside Hospital, have built a ...

To cut to the chase, I was struggling to pee. I’d never had issues with this before, and an odd, alarming new ritual was ...

Common knowledge used to hold that men over the age of 50 needed to get an annual digital prostate exam. Catching cancer early is important, but do men really need to get the uncomfortable procedure ...

The outlook for prostate cancer can be positive when a person receives an early diagnosis from a doctor. Screening may involve a PSA test, PCA3 test, DME, and additional testing if recommended. In the ...