Levels of potential biomarkers for prostate cancer in urine were comparable after a digital rectal examination (DRE) in a physician's office and at a man's home, suggesting the feasibility of an ...

Many cases of prostate cancer are very slow-growing, so slow that, depending on a man’s age and overall health, he may die of something else before the cancer can ever hurt him.

Background: Prostate cells released into expressed prostatic secretions (EPS) during prostatic massage are easily collected and analyzed. Prior work has shown EPS to perform well as a noninvasive test ...

A 57-year-old man received a diagnosis of prostate cancer on biopsy that was performed on the basis of a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level of 3.7 ng per milliliter and a strong family history ...

Men with both a high C-peptide concentration and high BMI prior to diagnosis of prostate cancer had a four times higher risk of disease-specific mortality, independent of other clinical predictors.

The three-year study led by Wilma A. Hofmann, assistant professor of physiology and biophysics, will shed new light on why overweight men face a far greater risk of developing aggressive prostate ...