If you are diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer, you usually have three treatment choices: monitoring (called active surveillance), surgery, or radiation therapy. Whole-gland ablation is an ...

In October 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first ultrasound system for the ablation of prostate tissue in the United States. This new treatment called high-intensity ...

Your prostate is an organ that makes some of the fluid that’s part of semen. It’s below your bladder and in front of your rectum. Prostate cancer happens when the cells in your prostate gland grow out ...

Given the low mortality from slow-growing, localized prostate cancers and the side effects of many treatments, deciding whether to opt for monitoring or treatment can be excruciatingly difficult.

The most common symptoms of prostate cancer are needing to urinate more often and straining to pee. Men may also feel as ...

A prostate nodule is a firm, knuckle-like area on the prostate gland that can occur for various reasons, including cancer, inflammation, or prostate stones. Diagnosis involves a digital rectal exam ...

While most prostate cancers grow slowly, some may classify as aggressive prostate cancers based on stage and grade. Prostate cancers mostly consist of adenocarcinomas, which develop within the ...

The prostate is a small gland that forms part of the male reproductive system. Prostate cancer and prostatitis are two conditions that can affect the prostate and may present with similar symptoms.

When diagnosing prostate cancer, doctors consider staging and grading. In grading, a score is assigned based on the Gleason grading system. STAGE 1: The cancer is located on one side of the prostate.

Former President Biden recently revealed he has an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones. The news may have provoked concern in men with an enlarged prostate. But Dr. Pat ...