If you or a loved one has prostate cancer, you may be interested in learning about medicines used to treat it. One option is a medicine called Erleada (apalutamide). The FDA approved Erleada in 2018.

When Sir Chris Hoy revealed that he had been diagnosed with stage-four prostate cancer in September 2023, aged just 47, the shockwaves reached far beyond the velodrome. Here was Britain’s most ...

To check for possible prostate cancer, physicians most often use prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests and digital rectal exams (DREs). For a firm diagnosis, they use core needle biopsies. This page ...

A digital rectal exam (DRE) is a way to check for signs of prostate cancer. For this exam a physician inserts a gloved, lubricated finger into your rectum to: Feel your prostate gland Assess the ...

Early detection of prostate cancer can be life-saving — but determining whether the disease is localized or has spread requires a precise, multi-step evaluation. Here, Dr. Neha Maithel, medical ...

No cancer is good. But thankfully, prostate cancer is one of the cancers that is detectable, curable, and in many cases for older men, slow-moving enough that it might not take their life for 10 to 15 ...