Prostate cancer is a form of cancer that is quite common in men 65 and older. Prostate cancer is the second leading cancer-caused death among men in America. Surviving prostate cancer may require an assortment of treatment plans depending on the stage of the cancer…

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for XTANDI® (enzalutamide) for the treatment of patients with metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer (mCSPC).

When I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the summer of 2006, my initial reaction was probably typical of most men—I felt afraid and uncertain. After being summoned to my urologist’s office where he laid out my treatment options, I decided that I had to verify everything he said and

In the video today we want to cover how to minimize side effects from chemotherapy. Fortunately, chemotherapy is not often required with prostate cancer; hormonal therapy is very effective. We reserve chemotherapy for more advanced situations.

In simple terms, radiation is a high-energy beam in the form of proton beams or x-rays that are aimed at the prostate to kill the prostate cancer cells. The problem is that in addition to killing the “bad cancer cells” it can also kill the good and healthy cells that make up the parts of the body

Hormone blockade otherwise known as androgen deprivation or we call it testosterone inactivating pharmaceuticals—these are medicines like Lupron, Casodex, Zytiga, Xtandi—fatigue is far and away the most common complaint, and this occurs primarily because low testosterone causes loss of muscle.

A common question we get at the PCRI is related to these new very popular MRIs. What’s the difference between a 3 Tesla MRI and a 1.5 Tesla MRI with an endorectal coil?