Prostate cancer surgery and radiation tied to antidepressant use
Men with prostate cancer who get surgery or radiation are also more likely start taking antidepressants than their counterparts who... Read More
Prostate Cancer Survival Odds Worse for Smokers
Prostate cancer patients who smoke are more likely to have tumors return, spread to other parts of the body, and... Read More
FDA Approves J&J Prostate Cancer Treatment
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Johnson & Johnson’s Erleada for use in prostate cancer patients whose... Read More
Hot Flashes Caused by Cancer Therapy Can be Prevented, Treated
Cancer patients with hot flashes related to hormone therapy should know that these uncomfortable symptoms can be managed, according to... Read More
Pfizer, Astellas Prostate Cancer Drug Promising in Late-Stage Trial
Pfizer Inc and Japan’s Astellas Pharma Inc said on Thursday their blockbuster prostate cancer drug met the main goal of... Read More
Prostate Cancer Test Saves Lives, Risks Remain
Men who get a PSA test appear to have a reduced risk of death from the malignancy, according to a... Read More
More Older Men Get Prostate Radiation When Doctors Own the Equipment
Elderly men with prostate cancer are more likely to be treated with radiation when their doctors own radiation machines –... Read More
Black men with prostate cancer less likely to get ideal treatment
Black men with riskier prostate cancers may be less likely than their white counterparts to get aggressive treatment that can... Read More
Exercise Linked to Lower Mortality with Early Prostate Cancer
Men with prostate cancer that hasn’t spread may have longer survival the more they exercise, a recent study suggests. Read... Read More
Early Use of J&J’s Zytiga Extends Prostate Cancer Survival
Adding Johnson & Johnson’s Zytiga to standard hormone therapy reduced by nearly 40 percent the chance of death for men... Read More