Prostate cancer grows at a snail’s pace compared to other cancers. It’s such a common condition, it would be illogical to assume every case is deadly. PSA, Gleason score, imaging studies, and new genetic tests enable us to accurately identify a...

The two major components of the pathology report from a random 12-core biopsy are the Gleason score, which measures how aggressive the tumor appears, and the quantity of cancer in the 12-core specimen...

In 2012, a survey from the Mayo Clinic and Harvard was sent to 1,439 physicians. The conclusion was that even though active surveillance is widely viewed as effective, most urologists continue to recommend surgery, while most...