HAMPTON ROADS, Va. — Don't fear the finger! That's the message from Urology of Virginia concerning physical exams for prostate cancer, also known as digital rectal exams. That's what first alerted me ...

Prostate cancer can be difficult to detect in its beginning stages — here's what to look out for Getty Prostate cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in males. It starts in the prostate, a ...

ASK A UROLOGIST, and they’ll tell you that the prostate has two functions: one is to secrete fluids that come out with e*****. The other is to keep urologists in business. That’s a lot of work for a ...

It's natural to have questions about a prostate exam. Here, a Tufts University chair of urology gently walks you through the ...

There are risks of patients with prostate cancer being over- and under-treated, which is why speaking to a team of doctors is important, an expert said. For patients who recently received a diagnosis ...

Staging means finding out how far prostate cancer has spread in your body. Physicians group prostate cancers into stages I (1) through IV (4), with stage I being the least advanced and stage IV being ...

In a biopsy, a small sample of tissue is taken from your body. A pathologist analyzes the sample to check for cancer cells. The main method for diagnosing prostate cancer is a core needle biopsy. It’s ...

If you have prostate cancer, your health care provider may have told you about a medicine called Nubeqa (darolutamide). The FDA approved Nubeqa in 2019. It is commonly used to treat prostate cancer ...

Reviewed by Peter E. Lonergan, MD, FRCS (Urol.), consultant urologist and clinical senior lecturer at St. James’s Hospital & Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. If you have prostate cancer and ...

If you or a loved one has prostate cancer, you may be interested in learning about medicines used to treat it. One option is a medicine called Erleada (apalutamide). The FDA approved Erleada in 2018.