When to screen for prostate cancer
In an update of its 2001 guidelines, the American Cancer Society stresses the importance of sharing the screening decision with the patient.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Coffee consumption decreased risk for lethal prostate cancer
Drinking one to three cups of coffee a day was associated with a 30% lower risk of lethal prostate cancer.
Mortality unaffected by prostate screening
A 20-year study has revealed that the rate of death from prostate cancer did not differ significantly between men who had been screened for the disease and men who had not.
Primary care providers ordering more PSA tests
U.S. primary care providers ordered twice as many office-based prostate-specific antigen tests in 2008 as they did in 1997.
Prostate cancer risk linked to family history of breast, upper GI cancer
A new study shows that a family history of other cancers in first-degree relatives may increase a patient’s risk for prostate cancer, according to findings presented at the American Urological Association 2011 Annual Meeting.
Erectile dysfunction after prostate cancer
As a side effect of radical prostatectomy, the favored treatment for many, erectile dysfunction can affect a man’s mental and physical quality of life.
Agents that can lower prostate-specific antigen
Can you tell me definitively whether the PSA-lowering effect of alpha blockers is similar to that of finasteride?
Dysuria is the first sign of trouble
When a clinician fails to order a repeat PSA test for a patient with suspected prostatitis, legal issues arise.
DHEA is OK for patients with prostate cancer
There is no statistical relationship between serum testosterone levels and risk of prostate cancer.
Urological association at odds with new prostate recommendations
The American Urological Association and the American Cancer Society disagree over when baseline screening should begin.
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