June 12 (UPI) --Doctors have traditionally relied on ultrasounds to examine men for prostate cancer, but the method can't pinpoint specific tumors, a new study says. When researchers combined this ...

Surgical removal of the prostate and surrounding lymph nodes — called radical prostatectomy — is an effective way to treat localized prostate cancer and stop the cancer's spread to other organs. If a ...

Prostate-specific membrane antigen, or PSMA, -targeted PET imaging for prostate cancer has been a breakthrough diagnosis tool in locating prostate cancer tumors for more precise treatment. The new ...

BURLINGTON, Mass. & OXFORD, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blue Earth Diagnostics, a molecular imaging diagnostics company, today announced the topline results from an investigational clinical trial ...

The prostate is a part of the reproductive system connected to the penis and testicles. It sits in front of the rectum and underneath the bladder, where it produces fluid used in semen. Many people ...

National guidelines on prostate cancer screening with the PSA test are set by the US Preventive Services Task Force. Marc B. Garnick, the Gorman Brothers Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical ...

Medically reviewed by Archana Sharma, DO Key Takeaways Prostate cancer can cause frequent urination, especially at night.Blood in urine or semen is a less common symptom of prostate cancer.If erectile ...

The prostate is a small gland located beneath the bladder and in front of the rectum. It's a male reproductive organ that produces semen and plays an essential role in the urinary system. The prostate ...

The LOCATE trial was a prospective, U.S., multicenter, open-label study investigating the impact of 18 F-fluciclovine PET/CT imaging on patient management of biochemically recurrent prostate cancer ...

The test seems likely to improve the diagnosis and treatment of a disease that kills 33,000 American men each year. By Gina Kolata After doctors found cancer in Dr. Mark Samberg’s prostate last spring ...