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AI may soon decide best treatment after prostate cancer surgery so patients can escape months of uncomfortable hormone therapyProstate cancer patients take testosterone suppressing drugs with side effectsDrugs cause side…

A representational image in which cancer cells can be seen. — Unsplash/FileA new survey by a UK-based charity revealed that ageing men are at risk of having prostate cancer and they are unaware of it as this malignant malady mostly…

A blood test on request for prostate cancer should be scrapped because it is harming men, according to experts.Men in the UK over the age of 50 can get a 'blood test on request' through the NHS, following discussion with their GP.This test…

A radical rethink in the way prostate cancer is diagnosed could be on the cards – with experts calling to reclassify the earliest stage tumours as 'pre-cancer', The Mail on Sunday has learned.Every year roughly 50,000 men in the UK are told…

Last summer, Joe Loree made an appointment to see his urologist. He’d occasionally noticed blood in his urine and wanted to have that checked out. His doctor ordered a prostate-specific antigen, or P.S.A., test to measure a protein in his…

After being diagnosed with prostate cancer I expected to be thrown into treatment, but my urologist has told me I’ll just have check-ups every four months. My fear is that the cancer will spread to my lymph nodes or bones in that time.…

Concerned about my frequent visits to the loo, a GP gave me a PSA blood test. This was normal for my age of 73 (1.4) but an examination found a small, hard lump and an MRI scan diagnosed prostate cancer. How reliable are PSA tests?David…

Actor Eric Braeden has revealed he is battling prostate cancer - which is known as a 'silent killer' due to its ability to grow without symptoms for months or years.'The Young and the Restless' star, 82, who lives in Los Angeles,…

Men with high-risk prostate cancer could have their disease cured by just five days of 'turbo-charged' radiotherapy, rather than the typical 20, research has shown.The radical method, pioneered at Queen's University Belfast, has been proved…

A new drug, a monoclonal antibody known as enoblituzumab, is safe in men with aggressive prostate cancer and may induce clinical activity against cancer throughout the body, according to a phase 2 study led by investigators at the Johns…