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A new study evaluates focal therapy against radical prostatectomy for men who have a recurrence of cancer after radiotherapy treatment. Up to a third of men who opted for standard radiotherapy to treat their prostate cancer will suffer a recurrence… Continue Reading →

The UK National Screening Committee has decided not to recommend a programme of routine PSA testing for men over 50. This has proved a disappointment to many. We here strongly support evidence-based analysis and have to accept that with the… Continue Reading →

Erectile dysfunction following Robot Assisted Radical Prostatectomy (RARP) remains a major consequence of the surgery, with over 30% of men never recovering functional erections. A new treatment is reported in the Journal of Sexual Medicine that includes the first electrically… Continue Reading →

From the BBC

For men diagnosed with high-risk cancer, Abiraterone may be prescribed. But it’s efficacy depends on the exact type of tumour to be treated and there can be considerable undesirable side effect including high blood pressure, diabtets and heart attacks. …. Continue Reading →

Some tumours can be regressed by exercise. The results, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed after five years: 80% of people exercising remained cancer-free compared with 74% in the other group meaning a 28% reduction in the… Continue Reading →

Former U.S. President Joe Biden has announced he has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. His team said the he had a gleason score of 9, and that it had spread to his bones. There is hope… Continue Reading →

Da Vinci Robot provides surgeons with a less invasive radical prostatectomy option. Link

Easier screening testing is promised instead of a PSA blood test. Link