Cary Urology won approval from state regulators to build a $9.8 million prostate-cancer center in East Raleigh.

Smokers who learn their personal risk of lung cancer through gene-based risk assessment are more likely to be motivated to quit their habit, according to Dr. W. Jeffrey Allard, clinical affairs director of Synergenz Bioscience Ltd.

A diagnosis of prostate cancer can leave men reeling and struggling to digest the details of the options available for treatment, says a Saskatchewan Health official.

There is insufficient evidence to support population-wide screening for prostate cancer using the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test, conclude two papers published on bmj.com today. The authors say that the PSA test cannot distinguish between lethal and harmless prostate cancer, leading to overdiagnosis and overtreatment of healthy men.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 30 (UPI) — U.S. researchers have found few complications in prostate cancer patients treated with radiotherapy after surgery to remove the prostate.

The introduction of Invivo Corporation’s DynaCAD for Prostate advanced clinical visualization and MR interventional system brings new hope to patients and new confidence to their care providers, a positive development this Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.

Rep. Randy Neugebauer is having surgery for what he called ‘an early and very treatable stage of prostate cancer’

Randy Neugebauer is having surgery for what he called “an early and very treatable stage of prostate cancer.”

Rep. Randy Neugebauer has announced he is having surgery for what he called “an early and very treatable stage of prostate cancer.”