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Prostate Health Archive

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Targeted prostate biopsies better at detecting dangerous cancers

Published April 17, 2015

Standard biopsies of the prostate gland often miss potentially aggressive prostate cancer. Adding MRI images to standard biopsies improves the detection of prostate cancer.

Cancer

How to monitor prostate cancer using active surveillance

Published March 17, 2015

C.W. Schmidt

Forms of radiation therapy for prostate cancer

Published March 17, 2015

Here is a table that contains the many different radiation therapy options for prostate cancer. It includes who the ideal candidates are, recovery time, possible side effects, and the advantages/disadvantages for each.

Cancer

A woman’s testosterone-based vaginal cream linked to elevated testosterone in her husband

Published March 10, 2015

A woman’s use of a testosterone-based vaginal cream may have contributed to a spike in her husband’s prostate-specific antigen and testosterone levels after he had his prostate removed to fight advanced prostate cancer.

Cancer

Prostate cancer in second- and third-degree relatives elevates risk

Published January 28, 2015

Men are at greater risk for developing prostate cancer if their fathers or brothers also developed the disease. A new study shows that having second- or third-degree relatives with the disease also increases a man’s risk.

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