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Prostate cancer affects the prostate, a walnut-size gland in men that surrounds the urethra and normally helps produce seminal fluid. Unlike other cancer types, prostate cancer sometimes grows very slowly. If it's an early-stage cancer, it may be safe to use "watchful waiting" or "active surveillance" to monitor the cancer and delay treatment unless it gets bigger or more threatening. Prostate cancer treatments include radiation, surgery, and hormone therapy, which can have side effects such as erectile dysfunction or incontinence.
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Do Bald Men Face Higher Risk of Prostate Cancer?
By Barbara Bronson GrayHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) — Got hair? If you don’t, you might have a higher risk of prostate cancer, a preliminary study suggests. Researchers are reporting that bald men who underwent biopsies of the prostate were more likely to have cancer than were those with more hair on their heads. “Bald [...]
Study Ties Genes to Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms, Prostate Cancer Risk
TUESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) — Certain gene variants linked to prostate cancer may make men more susceptible to lower urinary tract symptoms, according to a new study. On the other hand, a different gene variant might protect against those symptoms, the study found. Researchers from the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago [...]
Men Can Still Ask for PSA Test, and Some Should, Doctors Say
By Maureen SalamonHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) — Although a U.S. advisory panel no longer recommends that men routinely undergo prostate cancer screening with a PSA blood test, men should ask their doctors for the exam if they’re uncomfortable without monitoring, health experts say. Urologists and cancer experts dismissed the idea that the U.S. Preventive [...]
Advanced Prostate Cancer Drug May Help at Earlier Stage
By Amanda GardnerHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) — A drug approved to treat advanced prostate cancer appears to help men who have localized high-risk prostate cancer if given before surgery. Adding Zytiga (abiraterone) to conventional hormonal treatments eliminated or nearly eliminated the prostate cancer in one-third of men with this often-lethal form, according to [...]
Unnecessary Prostate Cancer Screening Remains Common
TUESDAY, April 24, 2012 (Health.com) — When billionaire investor Warren Buffett revealed last week that he has been diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer, the reaction—including from Buffett himself—amounted to a collective shrug. Buffett said his doctors told him the cancer is “not remotely life-threatening or even debilitating in any meaningful way,” which led some observers to [...]
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Talk with others about Prostate CancerSome say prostate specific antigen (PSA) tests lead to over-treatment of cancers that aren't life threatening. Should men get routine screening anyway?
