Pre-biopsy MRIs can help doctors diagnose and treat prostate cancer more accurately. Here’s when you should get one.

Stage 3 prostate cancer is locally advanced, with tumors extending beyond the prostate but not metastasizing distantly. Diagnosis involves the TNM system, Gleason score, PSA tests, and imaging to ...

Dr. Kent Perry answers the question: 'Predicting Prognosis Of Prostate Cancer?' March 16, 2009 -- Question: What predicts the prognosis of your prostate cancer? Answer: The prognosis of prostate ...

Even when cancer surgery goes well, it’s far from guaranteed that all the cancer has been removed. The excised tumor is sent to a pathology lab, which analyzes it under a microscope to estimate how ...

This 1974 microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows changes in cells indicative of adenocarcinoma of the prostate. (Dr. Edwin P. Ewing, Jr./CDC via AP) ...

There is a shadow disease that often lurks unnoticed, growing quietly within a man’s body which is hidden behind the mundane routine of daily life, masked by ag ...

A cancer diagnosis is scary. Some doctors say it’s time to rename low-grade prostate cancer to eliminate the alarming C-word. Cancer cells develop in nearly all prostates as men age, and most prostate ...