Prostate Cancer Special Issue

When diagnosing prostate cancer, doctors consider staging and grading. In grading, a score is assigned based on the Gleason grading system.

Understanding state-of-the-art care helps patients with prostate cancer to choose treatments

New advances in radiation treatment enable higher doses with less damage to nearby tissue.

Medical and scientific communities continue to weigh the value of PSA screening

BRCA mutations can lead to prostate and other cancers, and men are as likely as women to inherit them. Yet male awareness is lagging.

Whether to opt for surgery or radiation to treat localized prostate cancer depends mainly on the stage and grade of disease.

New drug treatments are helping patients with advanced prostate cancer to live longer.

Innovative approaches offer more surgical options with potentially fewer side effects.

Sexual activity after prostate cancer therapy might be different, but still possible.

New ways to find prostate cancer and gauge its aggressiveness help patients make better choices.