Prostate Cancer and Your Cholesterol
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Does the onset of prostate cancer goose cholesterol levels, or vice versa?
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PROSTATE HEALTH
When prostate cells look abnormal but are not cancerous
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Prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia or PIN for short is a condition in which cells from the prostate begin to look and behave abnormally.
Read MoreA Man's Weight & Prostate Cancer
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Research indicates that men who are obese or even overweight when they are diagnosed with prostate cancer are more likely to die from the disease than men at a healthy weight.
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Growing Prostate Cancer In Lab
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It's being called a critical advance in our efforts to understand the origins and drivers of prostate cancer.
Read MoreProstate Cancer & Inherited Mutations
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Men with inherited mutations in three genes associated with the development of prostate cancer are more likely to develop aggressive forms of the disease.
Read MoreWhen Prostate Cancer Returns
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Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for prostate cancer to return after initial treatment. What this means is, simply, your physician did not completely cure you on the first go-round: some cancer cells remain in your system.
Read MoreFacts On Laparoscopic Prostatectomy
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Men who are diagnosed with localized prostate cancer or where the cancer is completely contained within the prostate gland and has not spread, have the option of being treated with a procedure called laparoscopic prostatectomy.
Read MoreKnow prostate cancer risk factors
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All men should be familiar with the risk factors for the most common cancer among men in the United States after non-melanoma skin cancer – prostate cancer.
Read MoreProstate Brachytherapy
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Prostate brachytherapy is a form of radiation therapy that involves placing devices containing radiation in the prostate gland close to the cancer cells.
Read MoreControlling Prostate Cancer
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Scientists have engineered a sort of “biological barbell” that can get inside cancer cells and do damage to two proteins that work independently and together to enable cancer's survival and spread.
Read MoreNew MRI Technique for Prostate Cancer
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A novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method that detects low levels of zinc ion can help distinguish healthy prostate tissue from cancer, UT Southwestern Medical Center radiologists have determined.
Read MoreProstate Cancer and Erectile Dysfunction
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Erectile dysfunction is the inability to achieve and/or sustain an erection adequate for sexual intercourse. A concern for many men with a diagnosis of prostate cancer is whether or not they will still be as sexually functional as they were prior to having received treatment. It can be both physically and emotionally taxing to cope with. It’s important to understand that prostate cancer is not the direct cause for erectile dysfunction, although certain treatments for the disease can directly cause the condition.
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