The most common surgery for prostate cancer is a radical prostatectomy. This surgery involves taking out the entire prostate gland, some lymph nodes and other nearby tissue, like the seminal vesicles ...

Steam may be more powerful than you think. It smooths clothes and kills germs, but now doctors are testing it against cancer. At Keck Medicine of USC, part of a large nationwide study, researchers are ...

It’s among the most common cancers affecting older men. But a diagnosis today isn’t always what it seems. By David Dodge An estimated one in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their ...

One in eight men will develop prostate cancer in their lifetime. Surgery to treat the disease can lead to unwelcome side effects. A minimally invasive alternative that avoids surgery is now available ...

Localized prostate cancer treatments include radical prostatectomy and focal therapy, with the latter targeting only cancerous areas to preserve healthy tissue. Focal therapy allows for active ...

As part of Ken Cleary’s usual health checks and monitoring that are typical for a man in his 60s, he learned his level of prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, a protein that can indicate cancer, was ...

A recent randomized clinical trial has found that men with localized, intermediate-risk prostate cancer recovered faster and experienced less short-term impact on their daily lives when treated with ...