Decades ago, doctors created a test to determine which breast cancer patients should receive hormone therapy. Now, researchers are using the same tactics to advance prostate cancer treatment.

Screening with the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test can detect early-stage prostate cancer while it’s still asymptomatic. But some men are diagnosed with prostate cancer only after symptoms appear ...

Former President Joe Biden’s diagnosis of what his office called an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer on Sunday, May 18, is calling attention to a disease that is diagnosed in hundreds of thousands ...

The UCLA trial is currently enrolling patients.

The state of prostate cancer in the U.S. is not exactly great. Just take a look at the “Prostate cancer statistics, 2025” report from the American Cancer Society, published at the beginning of ...

Prostate cancer can be difficult to detect in its beginning stages — here's what to look out for Getty Prostate cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in males. It starts in the prostate, a ...

Carrie Madormo, RN, MPH, is a health writer. She has over a decade of experience as a registered nurse, practicing in a variety of fields, such as pediatrics, oncology, chronic pain, and public health ...

Prostate cancer develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. When the cancer spreads to distant areas of the body, it is considered end-stage prostate cancer. There is no cure ...

When prostate cancer spreads beyond the prostate gland to other parts of the body, it becomes what medical professionals call metastatic prostate cancer. This advanced form of the disease represents a ...

Increased urinary urgency Frequent nighttime awakenings to urinate A slow or weak urinary flow Blood in the urine or semen As prostate cancer progresses and spreads to other areas of the body, it may ...