Age, race and family history are the only well-established risk factors for prostate cancer, one of the commonest types of cancer in developed countries (Hsing and Devesa, 2001; Grönberg, 2003). Cases ...

Men with larger vs smaller prostate gland sizes treated with Aquablation experienced similar improvement in International Prostate Symptom Score. The following article features coverage from the ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- New Mayo Clinic research studied the association between prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels and prostate size and found that routine annual evaluation of prostate growth is not ...

Low pretreatment testosterone levels have been associated with poorer outcome following radical prostatectomy (RP) for prostate cancer in some studies, although other studies found conflicting results ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Prostate size affects the technical difficulty of radical prostatectomy -- total surgical removal of the prostate gland as a treatment for prostate cancer -- but not the ...

Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) is safe and effective for treating symptomatic BPH independent of prostate size, according to a report in BJU International (2008;101:1536-1541). In ...

Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men, and almost 300,000 individuals are diagnosed with it each year in the U.S. To develop a consistent method of estimating prostate cancer size, ...

What if a medicine you thought of as “old news” suddenly showed up in new research with fresh benefits that might stretch ...

Improving imaging processes will lead to more successful treatments and help reduce morbidity in men with the disease. A study led by researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has ...

A study led by researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has found that magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, frequently underestimates the size of prostate tumors, potentially leading ...