What Prostate Cancer Survival Rates Tell Us Can Prostate Cancer Be Cured? Screening and Early Detection Lead to Better Survival Prostate cancer is the fourth most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Many men with lower life expectancy and localized prostate cancer get overtreated. Rates of definitive treatment ...

Overtreatment of men with prostate cancer and limited life expectancy (LE) has persisted in the era of active surveillance and worsened in some instances, according to a new study. “Overtreatment of ...

A new combination of drugs could help delay the advancement of a deadly form of prostate cancer in those with an advanced form of the disease, new research has found. The “striking” findings showed an ...

Dr. William Russell specializes in radiation oncology in Baton Rouge. He graduated from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine in 1984. Russell is double-board certified in internal medicine ...

Risk of death and cause of death 30 years after diagnosis as a proportion of 100 men. Grey figures indicate the proportion of men alive after 30 years, blue figures the proportion of men who died of ...

Men treated for nonmetastatic prostate cancer under current guidelines are up to 6 times less likely to die from their cancer than from other causes, according to data from a Swedish cancer registry.

Clinicians must appropriately assess life expectancy and take steps to avoid prostate cancer overtreatment. Even in the active surveillance era, overtreatment persists among men with limited life ...